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ID: 7010552
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7010552
Record Type:
administrative
Oldham (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 53 33 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 53.5500
decimal degrees
Long: 002 07 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -2.1167
decimal degrees
Note:
Located on W edge of Pennines near mouth of River Medlock; center for agricultural products & woolen industry until 19th cen., when it became a major weaving center; today's industries include motor vehicles & electronics.
Names:
Oldham
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
,
English
,
U
)
Hierarchical Position:
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Europe
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United Kingdom
(nation) (
P
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England
(country) (
P
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Manchester, City and Borough of
(county) (
P
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Oldham
(borough) (
P
)
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Oldham
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
city (
C
)
industrial center (
C
)
manufacturing center (
C
)
agricultural center (
C
)
regional capital (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Oldham..........
[
BHA
,
VP Preferred
]
.................
Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VIII, 912
.................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
144
Subject:
.....
[
BHA
,
VP
]
..................
Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VIII, 912
..................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-2604617
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
144
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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