Austerlands is a suburban area of Saddleworth, a civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. It occupies a hillside amongst the Pennines, between the villag
The chimney of the former Austerlands Mill, a local landmark
Lees is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, amongst the Pennines east of the River Medlock, 1.8 miles east of Oldham, and 8.2 miles northeast of Manchester.
Lees village centre
The Industrial Revolution brought cotton spinning to Lees in the form of eleven textile mills, changing the character of the village completely.