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12 hours ago · The Metropolitan Borough of Oldham is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in England. It is named after its largest town, Oldham. The borough had a population of 243,912 in 2022, making it the sixth-largest district by population in Greater Manchester. [3] The borough spans 142 square kilometres (55 sq mi).
3 days ago · Jonathan Deane. The Baron Sheffield. 1783. Thomas Stanley, 8th Baron Stanley of Alderley, 7th Baron Eddisbury, 8th Baron Sheffield. Charles Stanley (brother) Also Baron Stanley of Alderley (1839) and Baron Eddisbury (1848) in the Peerage of the United Kingdom; known as the Lord Stanley of Alderley. The Baron Kilmaine.
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May 20, 2024 · Manchester Grammar, adopted from those of founder Hugh Oldham. Escutcheon: Sable, a chevron or between three owls argent, a chief or, thereon a pale between two roses gules barbed and seeded proper, the pale charged with as many keys in saltire wards upward and outward or, in front of a sword erect proper hilt and pommel or.
May 13, 2024 · MANY years ago, a teenager called Gavin hopley was brutally murdered in a part of Oldham reputed to be a ‘no-go zone’ for white people. In search of a taxi after a visit to a nightclub, he took a wrong turn, became separated from his two friends and unwittingly walked into the Asian area of Glodwick.
2 days ago · GLODWICK, another of the ancient divisions of Oldham, came by 1301 into the possession of Hugh de Atherton, and descended to the Nevills of Hornby. (fn. 74) The later history is uncertain. In the 16th century the Radcliffes of Foxdenton paid the chief rent of 3 s . 2 d . due to the duchy, but the Standish and Ashton families also had shares.
5 days ago · Hugh O’Flaherty. The Irish Priest Who Resisted the Nazis. By Fiorella De Maria. Ignatius Press, 2022. 196 pages, $12.95. To order: Hugh O’Flaherty (ignatius.com) The Rome of 1943 was a terrifying place. German soldiers, many of whom were members of the feared Nazi SS, were everywhere.
May 24, 2024 · Out of the multitude of useful and distinguished men who have been associated with Manchester either by their birth or labours, notices of some will be found in the accounts of their families, or of the townships to which they belonged; for example, Hugh Oldham, Humphrey Chetham, and Thomas de Quincey.
