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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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LYDGATE, a village and a chapelry in Saddleworth township, Rochdale parish, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on a hill, near the boundary with Lancashire, 1½ mile W of Greenfield r. station, and 3 E of Oldham. The chapelry was constituted in 1844; and its Post town is Lees, under Manchester. Pop. in 1861,6,124. Houses, 1,221. The surface is mountainous. The inhabitants are employed chiefly in cotton-mills. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £.300. * Patron, the Vicar of Rochdale. The church was built in 1788, comprises aisles and chancel, and has a cupola. There are chapels for Independents and Wesleyans.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Rochdale CP/AP Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Lydgate |
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