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Lydgate.-- eccl. dist. and vil., Saddleworth township, Rochdale par., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire - dist., pop. 2736; vil., 3 miles E. of Oldham; P.O.; the inhabitants are chiefly employed in the cotton mills.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "ecclesiastical district and village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Rochdale CP/AP Yorkshire AncC |
Place: | Lydgate |
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