History of Oldham
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The history of Oldham is one of dramatic change, from obscure Pennine hamlet to preeminent mill town and textile processing capital of the world. Oldham's industrial history includes hatting, coal min
Royd mill, built in 1907, and seen here in 1983, was just one of Oldham's peak of 360 textile mills which operated night and day.
Churchill's election poster for Oldham.
Royton
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Royton is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 21,284 in 2011. Close to the source of the River Irk, near undulating land at the foothills of
Royton Town Hall
Rehearsals by Radicals at Royton's Tandle Hill (pictured) led to increased tensions surrounding the ill-fated political demonstration now known as the Peterloo massacre.
Built in 1926, Elk mill (on the Royton-Chadderton boundary) was one of the UK's largest and most modern cotton mills. It closed in 1998 and was demolished a year later.
A panorama of Royton in 2008 from the Church of St Ann, Royton, looking northwards.