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Oldham Local Studies and Archives holds the archives for the town of Oldham. The archives are held at Union Street, Oldham, and run by Oldham Council. [1] The archives date back to 1597 and include local authority records for the areas of Chadderton, Crompton, Failsworth, Lees, Oldham, Royton and Saddleworth. [1] [2]
Designed by architects Pringle Richards Sharratt, Gallery Oldham was completed in its original form in February 2002. The art gallery integrates local museum and gallery services. An extension to include the £13 million Oldham Library and Lifelong Learning Centre opened in April 2006. The building has library and learning facilities.
Oldham is now home to a newly built state-of-the-art art gallery, Gallery Oldham, which was completed in February 2002 as the first phase of the Oldham Cultural Quarter. [165] Later phases of the development saw the opening of an extended Oldham Library, a lifelong learning centre and there are plans to include a performing arts centre. [7]
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Oldham & Rochdale Line services serve Derker, Shaw & Crompton, Oldham Mumps, Freehold, South Chadderton, Hollinwood and Failsworth. [96] There are many bus services running in the Oldham borough. The main bus operator is First Greater Manchester, whose headquarters is based in Oldham at Wallshaw Street, which is located at Oldham Mumps Bridge. [97]
Oldham was anciently a township in the large ecclesiastical parish of Prestwich-cum-Oldham. Prior to the 19th century the government of the town was divided between the parish vestry and the county magistrates of Lancashire. The Oldham Police Act 1826 (7 Geo. 4. c. 117) established a board of improvement commissioners. All landowners owning ...
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Oldham from Glodwick by James Howe Carse (1831), depicts the early skyline and industrial activities of Oldham. All the green space has since been urbanised.. The history of Oldham / ˈ oʊ l d əm / is one of dramatic change, from obscure Pennine hamlet to preeminent mill town and textile processing capital of the world.