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Oldham: Area, History and Background

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Below is some historic, cultural and background information about the area of Oldham in the United Kingdom.

• Oldham is a large town in Greater Manchester, England.
• It lies amongst the Pennines on elevated ground between the rivers Irk and Medlock, 5.3 miles (8.5 km) south-southeast of Rochdale.
• Oldham is 6.9 miles (11.1 km) northeast of the city of Manchester.
• It is surrounded by several smaller settlements which together form the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham.
• Oldham rose to prominence during the 19th century as an international centre of textile manufacture.
• It was a boomtown of the Industrial Revolution, and amongst the first ever industrialised towns.
• Today Oldham is a predominantly residential town, and a centre for further education and the performing arts.
• Its population of 103,544 lives in an area of around 26 square miles (67 km2).
• Oldham was hit hard by the Lancashire Cotton Famine of 1861–1865, when supplies of raw cotton from the United States were cut off.
• Wholly reliant upon the textile industry, the cotton famine created chronic unemployment in the town.
• Oldham's topography is characterised by its rugged, elevated Pennine terrain.
• It has an area of 6.91 square miles (17.90 km2).
• The geology of Oldham is represented by the Millstone Grit and Coal Measures series of rocks.