• Oldham Limiteds were the 154 cotton manufacturing companies founded to build or operate cotton mills in Oldham in northwest England, and predominantly...
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    Oldham /ˈoʊldəm/ is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amongst the Pennines on elevated ground between the rivers Irk and Medlock, 5 miles...
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  • Oldham Rugby League football Club, is a professional rugby league football club based in Oldham, Lancashire, England. The club plays home games at Boundary...
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    Platt Brothers (category Companies based in Oldham)
    those of their rivals. Workmen in Platts became shareholders in the Oldham Limiteds mills on the late 1860s ensuring Platt machinery was purchased. After...
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    formation of limited liability companies known as Oldham Limiteds. In 1851, over 30% of Oldham's population was employed within the textile sector, compared...
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    erecting a large double mill. It was one of the Stockport Limiteds mills, modelled on the Oldham Limiteds. It had a share capital of £100,000 in £5 shares. Work...
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    financial structure led to a new wave of mill construction. The phrase Oldham Limiteds describes these companies. Family-run firms continued to build, but...
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    Oldknow Robert Peel John Rylands Thomas Whitehead and Brothers Limited companies Oldham Limiteds Fine Spinners and Doublers Lancashire Cotton Corporation Bagley...
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    Boundary Park (redirect from Oldham Arena)
    football stadium in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. Its name originates from the fact that it lies at the northwestern extremity of Oldham, with Royton...
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    Oldknow Robert Peel John Rylands Thomas Whitehead and Brothers Limited companies Oldham Limiteds Fine Spinners and Doublers Lancashire Cotton Corporation Bagley...
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    incidence of scrotal cancer detected in former mule spinners. The cancer was limited to cotton mule spinners and did not affect woollen or condenser mule spinners...
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    Oldknow Robert Peel John Rylands Thomas Whitehead and Brothers Limited companies Oldham Limiteds Fine Spinners and Doublers Lancashire Cotton Corporation Bagley...
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    Oldham /ˈoʊldəm/ is one of dramatic change, from obscure Pennine hamlet to preeminent mill town and textile processing capital of the world. Oldham's...
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    George Edmundson (footballer) (category Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players)
    career at Oldham Athletic, joining the club's academy in 2013 and going on to make his senior debut in 2015. He spent six years at Oldham, spending time...
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  • formation of limited liability companies known as Oldham Limiteds. In 1851, over 30% of Oldham's population was employed within the textile sector, compared...
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    History of the Township of Tyldesley. Manchester: Co-Operative Wholesale Limited. pp. 113–115. says, Andy Uttley (2015-10-06). "Long Lost Histories: Burton...
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  • This list of mills in Oldham, lists textile factories that have existed in the town of Oldham, within Metropolitan Borough of Oldham in Greater Manchester...
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  • The 2023–24 season is the 129th in Oldham Athletic's history, and the club's second season since dropping out of the Football League. The club will compete...
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  • Oldknow Robert Peel John Rylands Thomas Whitehead and Brothers Limited companies Oldham Limiteds Fine Spinners and Doublers Lancashire Cotton Corporation Bagley...
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    Oldknow Robert Peel John Rylands Thomas Whitehead and Brothers Limited companies Oldham Limiteds Fine Spinners and Doublers Lancashire Cotton Corporation Bagley...
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    This is a list of recordings by Will Oldham (a.k.a. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Palace Music, etc.). The nature of Oldham's work, with constant changes in backing...
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    Ashmore, revised & updated by Ann Ashworth & Tom Oldham) - 1989 Mellor Heritage - A.M. Ashworth & T.F.Oldham - 1985 Stockport, A History - Peter Arrowsmith...
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    Trevor Donald Oldham (10 March 1900 – 2 May 1953) was an Australian politician, who was the leader of the Liberal Party in the state of Victoria from 1952...
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    Hugh Oldham (c. 1452 – 25 June 1519) was an English cleric who was Bishop of Exeter (1505–19) and a notable patron of education as a founder and patron...
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    Saxon was building engines of between 750 and 1,000 ihp, for the new 'Oldham Limiteds'. These were mostly horizontal twin tandem compound engines - a 4-cylinder...
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  • for Blackburn it was financed by a share issue in the manner of the Oldham Limiteds; previously in Blackburn, new mills had been built only when profit...
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  • Oldknow Robert Peel John Rylands Thomas Whitehead and Brothers Limited companies Oldham Limiteds Fine Spinners and Doublers Lancashire Cotton Corporation Bagley...
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    Oldknow Robert Peel John Rylands Thomas Whitehead and Brothers Limited companies Oldham Limiteds Fine Spinners and Doublers Lancashire Cotton Corporation Bagley...
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  • Regent Mill, Failsworth (category Textile mills in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham)
    was responsible for many companies referred to as Oldham Limiteds. The plans are extant in the Oldham Local Studies Centre. The industry peaked in 1912...
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    Coupling (redirect from Oldham coupler)
    named for John Oldham who invented it in Ireland, in 1821, to solve a problem in a paddle steamer design. Oldham coupler, assembled Oldham coupler, disassembled...
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