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BACKGROUND GENEALOGY
OLDHAM
OLDHAM EAST
Here are the details of maps for Oldham East:
Lancashire Sheet 97.07 Oldham (East) 1907 - published 1999; intro by Neil Barrow. ISBN.978-1-84151-056-9
This very detailed map covers the eastern side of Oldham, with coverage stretching from Greenacres Hill and Kelverlow Street eastward to Stone Breaks and Shelderslow; and from Waterworks Road southward to Lees station. Areas include Bank Top, Crossbank, Shelderslow, Austerlands, Greenacres, Hey, Greenacres Fold, Birks, Taylor Green, Waterhead, Spring Hill. Features include tramways, Greenacres Cemetery, Stamford Mill, Owl Mill, Banktop Mills, engine shed (at Lees station), Dowry Mill, St John the Baptist church, Brookside Mills (in bottom right corner), Birks Quarry, Majestic Mill, Cairo Mill, Glen Mill, Prince of Wales Mill, football ground, Ruby Mill, Newbreck Mills, several other mills, Sun Hill, etc. Note that the Austerlands and Shelderslow area was in Yorkshire. On the reverse we include street directory entries for Greenacres Road, Huddersfield Road, Ripponden Road, Spring Street.
http://www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/lancs09707.htm
OLDHAM SOUTH
Here are the details of maps for Oldham South:
Lancashire Sheet 97.10 Oldham (South) 1906 - published 1998; intro by Kevin McPhillips. ISBN.978-0-85054-991-1
This very detailed map covers the southern side of Oldham, with coverage stretching from Windsor Road eastward to Abbey Hills Road, and from Wellington Street southward to Hollins Road and Hathershaw. The many features include railway with Central and Clegg Street stations, Glodwick Brook, Glodwick, Alexandra Park, Brook Mills, Maple Mill, Earl Mill, Belgrave Mill, Castle Mill, Borough Mill, Pearl Mill, Glodwick Mill, Commercial Mill, Broadway Mills, Alma Mills, Copster Mill, Primrose Bank Mills, other mills, tramways, Chamber Colliery, Hulme Grammar School, Primrose Bank, Coppice, St Thomas's church, Lowside Brick Works, Cherry Valley, Fitton Hill etc. On the reverse we include street directory entries for Ashton Road, Belgrave Road, Copster Hill Road, King Street, Lee Street, Park Road, Queen's Road, Waterloo Street; plus an 1897 railway timetable for the Oldham-Stockport line.