Lees, Oldham

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Lees is a town in Oldham

Other current and historical names

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Lees within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Lees in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Lees.-- town with ry. sta., Ashton under Lyne par., SE. Lancashire, 1½ mile SE. of Oldham by rail and within its parliamentary limits, pop. 3511; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks; has several large cotton mills, and partakes of the general prosperity of Oldham.

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Leesfield, eccl. dist., Ashton under Lyne and Prestwich pars., SE. Lancashire, pop. 6173; the Ashton section contains the town of Lees.

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