The parish of Oldham is a parochial chapelry, and comprises four townships, Oldham, Royton, Chadderton, and Crompton.

The town is pleasantly situated upon an eminence, commanding some delightful views of the surrounding country, and inhabited by many very respectable families.

The principal business of Oldham is an extensive hat-manufactory, and that of strong fustians; though many of the inhabitants are employed in other branches of the cotton business, and in the extensive collieries in this neighbourhood. This town has very much increased within the last forty years. It contains a large ancient church, besides chapels for the Dissenters and Methodists. Here is also a Free School, founded by James Asheton, of Chedderton, and the number of inhabitants is about 18, 000.

This parish, in common with others in its neighbourhood, enjoys the advantage of an abundance of coal, which is got in several townships, and of which great quantities are sent to Manchester; — it is also well watered by branches of the rivers Irk and Irwell, which extend through the different townships, and give motion to a considerable number of machines belonging to the woollen and cotton manufactories.

The parish contains about 4000 acres, mostly enclosed. The soil in general is of the best quality, being chiefly black loam and clay.

The parish of Oldham, including the townships of Chaderton, Royton, and Crompton, contains more than 30,000 inhabitants.

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OLDHAM is a municipal, parliamentary and county borough, parish and market and union town, the head of a county court district and petty sessional division, and an ancient parochial chapelry, with stations on the Lancashire and Yorkshire and Oldham, Ashton and Guide Bridge railways; the latter being worked jointly by the London and North western and Great Central Railway companies. Oldham is in the Prestwick division, of the county, Oldham division of Salford hundred, rural deanery of Oldham, and archdeaconry and diocese of Manchester: it stands on an eminence and is 190 miles from London, 6 ½ north-east from Manchester, 38 east-north-east from Liverpool, 4 north from Ashton-under-Lyne, 5 ½ south from Rochdale, 16 east from Bolton, 10 south-east from Bury, 30 north-east from St. Helens, 27 north-east from Warrington, 28 east from Wigan and 15 south from Todmorden.

The Roman road from Westmorland into Yorkshire passed through the township, and can be traced in various parts. A tramway from Hollinwood to Waterhead, a distance of about 4 ½ miles, opened November 1, 1880, is worked by the Manchester Carriage and Tramway Company; a steam tramway from Oldham to Rochdale was also opened in 1885, and is worked by the Manchester, Bury, Rochdale and Oldham Steam Tramway Company. Oldham returns two members under the Reform Act of 1832. The first election, in the autumn of that year, resulted in the return of the famous William Cobbett and John Fielden.

The municipal borough and township are co-extensive; the parliamentary borough includes in addition the townships of Crompton, Royton, Chadderton and Lee and Crossbank hamlet, in the Knott Lanes division of the parish of Ashton-under-Lyne.

The borough is divided into 12 wards and the government is vested in a mayor and municipal corporation consisting, with the mayor, of 12 aldermen and 36 councillors, who also act as the urban sanitary authority. The charter of incorporation is dated June 13, 1849, and for certain purposes of the” Local Government Act, 1888,” this town is declared a county borough. The borough has a commission of the peace and a separate court of Quarter Sessions and a police force.

The town is lighted with gas from works belonging to the Corporation, and purchased by them from the gas company in 1863. The gas stations are at Oldham, Higginshaw, Hollinwood and Boyton.

The waterworks, also the property of the Corporation, are at Strinesdale, Plethorn and Dowry, about 1 mile from the village of Denshaw in the West Hiding of Yorkshire.

The Oldham Corporation Waterworks, Capacities of Reservoirs &c.-Strinesdale Upper, area, 12 acres; capacity, 76,000,000 gals.: drainage area, 660 acres. Strinesdale Lower, area, 16 ¼ acres; capacity, 140; 000,000 gals. Brushes Clough, ares, 4 acres; capacity, 40,000,000 gals.; drainage area 700 acres. Beson Hill, area, 2 ¼ acres.; capacity, 11,000,000 gals. Norman Hill, area, 8 acres; capacity, 62,000,000 gals.; drainage area, 1,820 acres. Hanging Lees, area, 4 ½ acres; capacity, 21,000,000 gals. Piethorn, area, 40 acres; capacity, 368,000,000 gals. Rooden, area, 18 acres; capacity, 265,000,000 gale. Kitcliff, area, 12 acres; capacity, 63,000,000 gals. Ogden, area, 31 ¼ acres; capacity, 184,000,000 gals. Readycon Dean, area, 14 acres; capacity, 83,000,000 gals.; drainage area, 1,550 acres. Crook Gate, area, 7 ½ acres capacity, 41,000,000 gals. Dowry, area, 23 acres; capacity, 163,000,000 gals. New Years, Bridge area, 14 ¾ acres; capacity, 91,000,000 gals. Copster Hill Service Reservoir, area, 2 ½ acres; capacity, 13,500,000 gals.

Oldham is, strictly speaking, a parochial chapelry in the parish of Prestwich, but, this relationship is chiefly nominal.

St. Marys is an ecclesiastical parish, formed May 5, 1835; the church, existing in 1406 and in all probability built anterior to 1312, was rebuilt or enlarged by Sir Ralph Langley, then rector of Prestwich, in 1476, and is a handsome stone edifice in the Perpendicular style, erected in 1827 at a cost of £30,490, and consisting of chancel, nave, aisles and an embattled western tower with pinnacles, containing 12 bells, hung in 1830, and an illuminated clock: it contains a few monuments, and there is a stained, window in the chancel, surmounted by the arms of Oldham, cut in stone: and there are other stained windows: the church was restored during the periods 1875—88 and 1897—99, and subsequently when also the bells, were re-hung, the organ refitted and many of the old family pews taken down and replaced by oak benches, and a new reredos erected, all under the direction of Mr. C. Hodgson Fowler F.R.I.B.A. architect, of Durham. The register dates from the year 1588. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £500, with residence, in the gift of the rector Of Prestwich-cum-Oldham, and held since 1892 by the Rev. George Perry-Gore, who is a surrogate.

St. Andrew’s is an ecclesiastical parish formed Dec. 16, 1873: the church is a Gothic structure of brick with stone dressings, completed in May, 1873, for the sum of about £4,450; it consists of chancel, clerestoried nave, aisles, south transept, baptistery, organ chamber and vestry and three porches: the wheel-window in the western gable is stained: there are also two stained windows in the west end in memory of the late Joseph Timperley, d. March, 1894: the font is of Caen and Mansfield stone and marble: the church will seat 635 persons, 516 sittings being free. The register dates, from the year 1873. The living is a vicarage, endowed by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, net yearly value £250, with residence in, the gift of five trustees, and held since 1886 by the Rev. John Fairliurst, of St. Aidans.

St. James is an ecclesiastical parish formed May 5, 1835: the church, near the Huddersfield road, is a stone edifice in the later Gothic style, consisting of nave, with eastern apsidal chancel, aisles, two vestries and a lantern tower at the west end, containing one bell: in the south aisle is a mural monument of alabaster and marble to the Rev. B. S. Gooday M.A, 13 years vicar of this parish, d. 23 April, 1878: in 1883 a quasi-chancel was erected from designs by Mr. John Lowe, architect, of Manchester, the cost, including stalls and other fittings, being about £350, and in 1885 an organ chamber was built at a cost of about £660; the body of the church was reseated and the whole building redecorated in 1890, when two large paintings of the “Good Shepherd” and “Moses” were hung in the chancel, the reredos enriched with panels of St. James, St. Peter, St. John and St. Paul; these six pictures being all executed by Mr, W. B. Edmondson, of Oldham: the church was restored and vestries added during the period 1887—90, at a cost of £3,185, and affords 1,600 sittings, of which 750 are free. The register dates from the year. 1829. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £335, with residence, in the gift of the rector of Prestwich-cum-Oldham, and held since 1902 by the Rev. Henry Fowler Walker M.A. of Keble College, Oxford, and surrogate.

St. John’s ecclesiastical parish was formed in 1844; the church, at Chadderton, is a cruciform building of stone in the Perpendicular style, and consists at chancel, nave, aisles, transepts and a western tower with pinnacles containing, one bell: there are 750 sittings. The register dates from the year 1845. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £298, with residence, in the gift of the Crown and the Bishop of Manchester alternately, and held since 1894 by the Rev. Edward William Roberta Hutchinson L.Th. of Durham University.

St. Paul’s is an ecclesiastical parish formed Aug. 3, 1880; the church, in Ashton road, erected in 1880 at a cost of £5,247, is a building of stone in the Gothic style of the 13th century, from the designs of Messrs. Wild and Collins, architects, of Oldham, and consists of chancel, nave, aisles, organ chamber and an incomplete tower: the reredos, presented by John Taylor esq. of Fernholme, and the pulpit by the scholars of the Sunday school, are both of Yorkshire stone: the font, presented by the architect, is as nearly as possible a reproduction in red Mansfield stone of the old font now in the park and formerly in Oldham old church: the church was restored in 1887—9 at a cost of £950, and affords 575 sittings. The register dates from the year 1880. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £190, in the gift of the Bishop of Manchester, and held since 1880 by the Rev. Frederick Wareham B.A. of Trinity College, Dublin.

St. Peters is an ecclesiastical parish formed May 5, 1835; the church, standing near the centre of the town, was consecrated in 1768; enlarged in 1804 and rebuilt in 1900, at a cost of £15,000; it is an edifice of stone in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, vestries, organ chamber and north and south porches; the numerous memorials in the old church have been replaced. The register of baptisms dates from the year 1756; marriages from 1835. On the 25th of March, 1842, no less than 840 persons were baptised in this church. The living, is a vicarage, net yearly value £300, with residence, in the gift of the rector of Prestwich-cum-Oldham, and held since 1883 by the Rev. Philip Lancashire M.A. of Brasenose College, Oxford, surrogate and rural dean of Oldham.

St. Mark’s, GLODWICK, is an ecclesiastical parish formed May 30, 1876; the church, erected at a cost of upwards of £11,000, defrayed by the late Lieut.-Col. T. E. Lees, of Oldham, is an edifice of stone in the Early Decorated style, from the designs of Mr. John Wild, architect, of Oldham, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, south porch, organ chamber, vestry and a tower at the south-east angle with spire rising to a height of 144 feet, and containing a clock with four dials, carillon machine and a peel of 8 bells: the stained east window is a memorial to James Lees esq. and also to the children of Lieut.-Colonel Lees, and the west window, presented in 1883 by Sir Elliott Lees bart. is a memorial to his father Lieut.-Col. Thomas Evans Lees, d. 1879: two stained glass windows have been placed in the north aisle, one by Mrs. Thomas Evans Lees and Sir Elliott Lees bart. as a memorial to Charles Turnbull esq. the other by J. S. Dronsfield esq. in memory of his youngest daughter: the chancel has sedilia, a credence table and a reredos of encaustic tiles, the centre panel representing the four Evangelists: the pulpit and font are of Caen stone: there are about 700 sittings, of which 350 are free. The register dates from the year 1876. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £400, with residence, in the gift of five trustees, and held since 1876 by the Rev. George John Watts M.A. of Corpus Christy college, Cambridge and LL.D, of Edinburgh University; the parsonage is a substantial building of stone, in the Gothic style, and cost upwards of £2,000.

St. Michael and All Angels’ Mission church and Sunday schools, in Crossbank street, erected in 1890, at a cost of £1,650, are of brick with stone dressings; the church affords about 250 sittings. It is served by the clergy of the mother church of St. Thomas, Werneth.

St. Mathew’s, Roundthorn, a chapel of ease to St. Thomas’, at Lees, was built in 1877 at a cost of £850, and is an edifice of stone in the Late Gothic style, consisting of nave, with a tower at the south-west angle containing one bell: it is served by the clergy of the mother church at Lees.

Oldham is within the Catholic diocese of Salford.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St. Patrick’s Catholic church, Bank Top, erected in 1869, is a building of stone, in the Gothic style, consisting of nave and aisles: the east window is stained; it has sittings for 1,000 persons; and adjoining are day and Sunday schools and presbytery.

St. Mary’s Catholic church. Shaw street, built in 1838, is an edifice of stone, consisting of nave and a tower at the south-west angle containing one bell.

St. Anne’s Catholic school chapel, in Airey street, Greenacres, is a plain brick building, erected in 1880 and enlarged in 1886. There is another Catholic chapel at Hollinwood.

Greenacres Congregational church was first founded here in 1662 by the Rev. Robert Constantine, for 23 years minister of St. Mary's church, Oldham, from which he was ejected under the Act of Uniformity: the present chapel, erected in 1854, is a cruciform building of Yorkshire stone, with a tower, and has sittings for 800 persons: adjoining is a minister’s house.

Congregational church, Bower street, was founded in 1825; the present building, erected in 1867 at a cost of £4,500, has a tower with octagonal spire rising to a height of 100 feet, and will seat 1,100.

Union Street Congregational church is an edifice of stone in the Gothic style, consisting of nave, aisles and a porch, above which rises a low embattled tower with a cricketed spire; it has sittings for 800 persons.

Ashton Road Congregational church, opened October, 1902, is a building of brick with stone dressings, erected at a cost of £2,300, from designs by Messrs. Heywood and Ogden, architects, of Oldham.

The Wesleyan Methodist chapel, in Manchester street, opened by the Rev. John Wesley M A. in the year 1790 was enlarged in 1850 and will seat about 1,200.

Primitive Methodist chapel, Henshaw street, is of brick with stone dressings, in the Italian style, and was erected in 1872, at a cost of nearly £5,000; it will sent 1,300 persons.

The cemeteries at Greenacres and Chadderton were consecrated of Manchester on July 20th, 1857, the Chadderton cemetery containing 33 acres and that at Greenacres 24 acres; both grounds have chapels: the cost, together with laving out and incidental expenses, was about £13,000. Another cemetery 1889, at Limeside road, Hollinwood, containing an area of 44 acres, acquired at a cost of £36,500; acres have been enclosed and chapels built.

The Town Hall, Yorkshire street, has a frontage of stone with a tetrastyle portico, copied from the Ionio Temple of Ceres, on the Illyssus, near Athens, and is approached from the street by a night of steps; it was erected at a cost of £24,000, from designs George Woodhouse, of Bolton, and Mr. Edward Potts, Oldham, architects; the interior comprises a vestibule and staircase-hall, magistrates and committee rooms and borough surveyor's offices, and on the floor above is a large room used meetings, concerts &c. senting about 430 persons. A wing was opened 15th of October, 1879, the basement of which is devoted to police purposes; the ground floor includes a police court, with magistrates' retiring room, committee room, and other apartments; there is also a public court, council chamber, mayor's parlour and other rooms. The principal staircase is lighted by a large stained window, containing allegorical figures representing Art, Science, industry, Commerce, Spinning and Mechanism. Above these are shields bearing the arms of the principal manufacturing towns of Lancashire, and in the upper part of the window are figures of eminent men associated by birth or otherwise with the history of the town and its suburbs; viz.:-Hugh Oldham, Bishop of Exeter and founder of Manchester Grammar school, who was born in Goulburn street, Oldham; Sir Ralph Langley, who rebuilt the parish church in 1475; Dr. Lawrence Chadderton, who took an active part in the Reformation, and was the first master of Emmanuel College; James Assheton, who founded the Oldham Grammar school in 1611: John Ludworth, who became lord of the manor in the reign of King John and Sir Watts Horton, high sheriff in 1774. Over these figures are the heraldic devices of each family, with the arms of the Duchy of Lancaster.

The municipal insignia include a silver gilt mace and a pair of rests, presented by S. R. Platt esq. D.L. November 9th, 1895: the head of the mace is divided into oval spaces, displaying the emblazoned arms of Oldham, Lancashire, the Duchy, and those of the donor.

Near the Town Hall is a statue of the late John Flatt esq. M.P. for the borough 1865—72, unveiled 14th September, 1878; the figure, modelled by D. W. Stevenson A.R.S.A.Scot. is of bronze and stands on a pedestal of polished granite.

The County Court building, in Church lane, opened January, 1894, is of red brick and buff terra-cotta. There are two courts, 35 feet by 28 feet 6 inches, and 50 feet by 30 feet respectively, the entire cost being £7,500. The architect was Mr. Henry Tanner, of Her Majesty’s Office of Works.

The Post Office, in Union street, was erected in 1877.

The Lyceum, in Union and Clegg streets, opened September 22nd, 1856, is a structure in the Italian style, from designs by Mr. Pennington, of Manchester, and contains a news room, reading and library containing about 12,000 volumes, lecture room, with retiring rooms, committee and club-rooms, two class rooms, and a fire-proof room, over which is an observatory, for which Mr. James Platt, then president, presented a telescope, since removed; attached is a School of Science and Art, erected by the late John Platt esq. M.P. and conveyed to the trustees for the benefit of the inhabitants of the town: in 1880 the building was raised two storeys at the cost of S. R. Platt esq. J.P. and his brothers; and the new school was opened by the late Earl of Derby K.G. 17th of March, 1881: the land occupied by the Lyceum and School of Science and Art was purchased and presented by William Richardson esq. The School of Science and Art is now used as part of the Municipal Technical School.

The Free Library, Art Gallery and Museum, in Union street, opened for exhibition purposes August 1st, 1883, as a reference library August 6th, 1885, and as a lending library August 15th, 1887, is a building of stone in the Gothic style, and cost, together with land and purchase of books, £23,666; the building includes a library, general reading rooms, ladies’ reading room, chief librarian’s rooms and committee room; and in 1894 a considerable addition was made to all the departments of the institution; in the basement are book-receiving and bookbinding rooms; the number of books in the reference library is about 28,000, and in the lending library, 21,000; an annual exhibition of modern pictures is held in the art gallery in the spring. There is also a branch lending library at the North Moor end of the town, the building for which was presented to the corporation by Mr. Joseph Bowker J.P. and opened April 21st, 1883; in 1886 it was converted into a lending library, and contains over 8,000 volumes of standard modern works.

The Temperance Hall, in Horsedge street, originally built for a Hall of Science by the followers of Robert Owen, was purchased by the members of the Temperance Society in 1852.

The Theatre Royal, Horsedge street, erected in 1879, at a cost of £8,000, on the site of the Working Men’s Hall, destroyed by fire, 6 April, 1878, is a building in the Italian style, from designs by Mr. W. H. Cooke, architect, Oldham; easy exit is provided in cases of emergency, the staircases being fire-proof, of good width and in short flights.

The Gaiety Theatre, a plain building of brick, in Union street, is used for variety entertainments.

The Werneth Mechanics’ institute, opened in 1867, is a substantial building of brick with stone dressings, in the Italian style, freely treated, from designs by Messrs. Woodhouse and Potts, architects, and contains news rooms well supplied with all the local, provincial and metropolitan newspapers, reading, club and billiard rooms and an excellent library of about 1,400 volumes; here is also a lecture hall, where entertainments are given during the season.

Hollinwood Working Men’s Club and institute, erected in 1868, by subscription and gifts, at a cost of £1,800, including the fittings, is a structure of brick, designed by the late Mr. James Mellor, of Oldham, and contains reading room, billiard and smoking rooms; there is also a large bowling green; new anterooms and pavilion for bowling green were added in 1894, at a cost of £500. There were in 1904 about 300 members.

The Glodwick Mutual improvement Society’s institution, erected in 1857, has a small library, reading room &c.; there are now about 100 members.

The Central Office of the Oldham Operative Cotton Spinners’ Provincial Association is in Rock street.

The Public Baths, Union street, were erected in 1854 by the Corporation and others at a cost of £1,066, as a memorial to the late Sir Robert Feel bart. and form a building in the Italian style on a pedestal in the waiting room is a bust in marble of Sir R. Peel, executed by Mr. Alexander Munro, of London, at a cost of 100 guineas: there are two graduated plunge baths for males, with the necessary dressing rooms and closets: twenty-three hath rooms, and two vapour baths (one male and one female). In 1880 the baths were enlarged and re-arranged at a cost of £6,000; the addition consisting of a swimming bath 68 feet by 38 feet, with sixteen dressing rooms on each side and a balcony over, holding 500 persons, sixteen private baths, a Turkish bath with radiating room, two hot rooms, ten dressing rooms and a shampooing room with douche, spray, shower and rose baths and a cooling room: a new frontage to the baths has since been erected and additional private baths added at a cost of £3,000. The Waterhead Public Baths, Cedar street, also erected by the Corporation, at a cost of £4,000, were opened May 12th, 1894.

Oldham is the head quarters of a squadron of the Duke of Lancasters Own imperial Yeomanry and the 6th Volunteer Battalion of the Manchester Regiment.

Oldham has valuable industries; the first record of textile manufactures here is in the year 1630, in the reign of Charles I. and subsequently there is frequent mention of linen websters in the parish registers. The introduction of the mill system here, with machinery driven by water-power, took place about the year 1770 and resulted from the innovations in spinning caused by the important inventions of Arkwright, Hargreaves and others, about this period. The expiration of Arkwrights patents in 1783 and 1789 gave a great impetus to the cotton trade and was shortly afterwards followed by the introduction of the steam-engine.

In Oldham and the neighbourhood there are about 10,250,000 spinning spindles and 500,000 doubling spindles, employing about 35,000 hands and consuming about 7,000,000 lbs. of cotton per week, or 770,000 bales yearly, or one-fourth the cotton consumed in the United Kingdom. The goods produced are fustians, velveteens, velvets, cotton cords, shirtings, sheetings, drills, nankeens and sateens; in yarns, from 4’s up to 120’s, 32's twists, and from 30’s to 60’s are the principal weft produced.

The manufacture of hats, for a long time an important branch of industry in Oldham, has declined considerably. The manufacture of gas metres is also an important trade in Oldham, and the coal mines of Oldham furnish a large share of the local trade: coal is found at all distances from the surface to a depth of 250 yards and the seams vary in thickness from half-a-yard to five feet, and the Black mine and Bent mine afford coal of very superior quality: the dip of the minerals here is to the south-south-west and the seams may be observed cropping up to the surface in various parts on the western side of the town.

Victoria Market, in Curzoa street, opened in 1856, is a structure of iron and glass, designed by Mr. Henry Blake; and now the property of the corporation of Oldham, who purchased it of the New Market Company.

The Fish Market, adjoining Victoria Market, and opened in 1873, is a structure of brick, erected at a cost of about £3,000, under the supervision of the borough surveyor.

Fairs are held Thursdays after February 2nd, May 2nd and July 8th, Wednesday after October 11th and the second Monday in every month, except the months on which the quarterly fairs are held for cattle, horses and pigs.

The Oldham infirmary, in West Union street, is a brick building in the Gothic style, The main block was erected in 1870 and there have been enlargements in 1877, 1881, 1883, 1889 and 1904. The principal front has a central tower over the entrance. The laundry and dispensary are between the pavilions, which also contain three committee rooms and a large waiting room for outpatients. The cost of the premises as originally built, including the boundary walls and fittings, was £7,500. In 1877 the Nicholls ward was erected at an expense of £4,000, defrayed by Harry Clegg esq.; the Richardson ward in 1881, at a cost of £4,000, defrayed by William Richardson esq. and the laundry and dispensary were built in 1883, at a cost of £2,500, defrayed by part of a legacy of £10,000, bequeathed by the late Asa Lees esq. In 1889 a nurses’ home was erected at a cost of £2,000 left by the late Adam Henry Lees esq.; and about the same time a pathological museum was added at a cost of £250, a porters’ lodge built at a cost of £250 and a recreation ground laid out at a cost of £800, defrayed by the president, Charles Edward Lees esq. Altogether the buildings have cost about £40,000.

The Medical Mission Hall, in St. Mary’s street, opened in 1876, has an average weekly attendance of 500 persons, who receive medicine and advice free of charge; the institution is entirely supported by Alfred Butterworth esq.

The Alexandra Park, in Park road, was opened in 1865, and covers an area of 72 acres; the total cost of which was £37,149: the land, naturally adapted for the purpose, is arranged in terraces and valleys, and has a lake well stocked with aquatic birds: and at the end of the long walk is a refreshment room. An enormous boulder, found in a brick field near the Ashton road and weighing 21 tons, was placed in the park, May, 1874.

There are several cricket and recreation grounds in various parts of the town.

A fossil forest, or arctic peat bog, was discovered in 1880 in a brick field near Oldham edge.

The area of the municipal borough is 4,702 acres of land and 32 of water; rateable value, £479,109.

In 1801 Oldham township contained 12,024 inhabitants, and the number of mills at this period was 25; in 1811 the inhabitants had increased to 16,690; in 1831 the numbers were 32,281; in 1841 the returns showed a population of 42,595; in 1861, 72,333; in 1881, 111,343; in 1891, 131,463; and in 1901,137,246 (including 54 officers and 1,263 inmates of the workhouse and 110 in the infirmary), which is also the population of the municipal boundary.

The population of wards in 1901 was:-Oldham-below-Town: —Coldburst, 10,418; Westwood, 12,975; Werneth, 12,129; Hartford, 12,499; Hollinwood, 8,620; St. Paul, 11,789; St. Peter (part of), 3,531; St. Mary (part of), 6,731; Mumps (part of), 1,279; Oldham-above-Town:-St. Peter (part of), 8,200; St. Mary (part of), 3,925; Mumps (part of), 8,158; St. James’, 10,670; Waterhead, 12,965; Clarksfield, 14,357.

The population of the ecclesiastical parishes in 1901 was:-St. Mary, 10,868; St. Andrew, 5,615; St. James, 18,314; St. John, 8,453; St. Paul, 10,320; St. Peter, 4,171; Coldhurst, 9,196; Glodwick (Christ Church), 6,569; Glodwick (St. Mark) 11,192; Hollinwood, 9,385; Lower Moor, 8,022; Moorside, 2,214; North Moor, 6,258; Waterhead, 6,995; Werneth, 12,115.

The population of the parliamentary borough in 1901 was 194,137, viz.:-Oldham, 137,238; Chadderton, 24,892; Crompton, 13,427; Royton, 13,942; Lees, 3,621; Crossbank (hamlet), 1,077; area of parliamentary borough, 12,324 acres.

The number of electors on the Parliamentary register in 1904 was 32,723.

COUNTY MAGISTRATES FOR OLDHAM PETTY SESSIONAL DIVISION.

Petty Sessions are held at the Court house, Royton, every Monday, Wednesday & Saturday, at 10.15 a.m. & at the Town ball, Chadderton (where list of magistrates will be found), every 1st & 3rd Monday.

OLDHAM UNION

Board day, fortnightly, Wednesday, at the Board room in the workhouse.

The Union comprises the following parishes:-Chadderton, Crompton, Middleton, Oldham & Royton. The area of the union is 17,603 acres; rateable value in 1904, £794,499; the population in 1901 was 215,624.

The Workhouse, in the Rochdale road, was completed in 1851, at a cost of £13,305; a female imbecile ward was erected in 1886, at a cost of £4,000, & a small-pox & fever hospital built in 1870, at a cost of £3,000; the sick wards, erected in 1877, cost £12,000 & the male imbecile ward, built in 1881, £4,000; schools, for 350 children, a chapel for 700 persons, together with day rooms, dormitories, wash-houses & dining hall, have been added & were opened in 1886 at a total cost, including boundary wall & furniture, of about £15,000; since 1890 tailors’ & joiners’ workshops have been added at a cost of £1,080; a nurses’ home was erected in 1896 at a cost of £2,500.

PLACES OF WORSHIP, with times of Services

Oldham Church (St. Mary’s), Rev. George Perry-Gore, vicar & surrogate; Rev. E. A. Sydenham M.A. & Rev. A. R. Macintosh M.A. curates; 8 & 10.30 a.m. & 4 & 6.30 p.m.; daily prayer, 8 a.m.& 6 p.m.

All Saints’, Chadderton road, North moor, Rev. James Dixon, incumbent; Rev. C. R. Williams, curate; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Thur. 7.30 p.m.

St. Paul’s, Ashton road, Rev. Frederick Wareham B.A. vicar; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.

St. Peter’s, St. Peter’s street, Rev. Philip Lancashire M.A. vicar; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.

St. James’, Rev. Henry Fowler Walker M.A. vicar & surrogate; 8 & 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; daily, 9 a.m. & 7.30 p.m.

Christ Church, Glodwick, Rev. Howard Chadwick M.A. vicar; 8 & 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; daily, 8.30 a.m. & 7 p.m.

Holy Trinity, Godson street, Coldhurst, Rev. Ifan Llewellin Harry, vicar; 8 & 10.30 a.m. & 7.30 p.m.; 1st Sunday in each month at 2.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.; saints’ days, 8 & 10.30 a.m.

Holy Trinity, Waterhead, Rev. John Gouldle French M.A. vicar; Rev. Frederick Albert Owen B.A. curate; 8.30 & 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

St. Andrew’s, Middleton road, Westhill, Rev. John Falrhurst, vicar; Rev. Richard J. F. Donovan, curate; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Thur. 7.30 p.m.

St. John’s, Werneth, Rev. Edward W. R. Hutchinson L.Th. vicar; 8 & 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. & sat. 7.30 p.m.; Thur. 10 a.m.

St. Luke’s, Higher Hamilton street.

St. Matthew’s Chapel of Rase, Roundthorn; served by the clergy of the mother church at Lees.

St. Margaret’s, Hollinwood, Rev. Henry Basil M’Neil Smith B.Sc, vicar; Rev. John B. Phillips B.A. curate; 8 & 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; week days, 6.30 p.m.

St. Mark’s, Glodwick, Rev. George John Watts M.A., LL.D. vicar; 10.30 a.m. & 2.30 & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

St. Stephen & All Martyrs’, Lower moor, Rev. Jabez William Orton L.Th. vicar; Rev. Francis W. Peverelle, curate; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m. during the winter months.

St. Thomas’, Moorside, Rev. Evan Mayhew Jones B.A. vicar; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.

St. Thomas’, Werneth, Rev. Arthur J. Woodhouse M.A. vicar; 8 & 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Thur. 7.45 a.m.

St. Michael & All Angels’ Mission church & schools, Crossbanlc street, served by the clergy of the mother church, St. Thomas’, Werneth; Sun. 6.30 p.m.; Thur. 7.30 p.m.

St. Ann (Catholic), Airey street, Greenacres, Rev. Thomas Chronnell & Rev. Phillip Kelly, priests; 8.30, 10 & 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Thur. 7.30 p.m. & mass daily at 8, 9, 10 & 11 a.m.

St. Mary’s (Catholic), Shaw street, Rev. John Lane; Rev. Douglas Evershed & Rev. Patrick Ramsbotham, priests; sundays, mass at 8, 9, 10 & 11 a.m.; evening, 6.30; mass daily 8 a.m.; thurs, evening service 7.30.

Corpus Chrlsti (Catholic), Hollinwood, Rev. Bartholomew Flynn, priest; 9 & 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; daily mass 8 a.m. & evening service Thur. 7.30 p.m.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel & St. Patrick (Catholic), Bank top, The Very Rev. Dean O’Callaghan & The Revs. N. Browne & John Farley, priests; morning, 8, 9, 10 & 11, evening, 6.30; daily 8 a.m.; Thur. 7.30.

Presbyterian Church of England, King street, Rev. Joseph Reavley; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.45 p.m.

Catholic Apostolic, Woodstock street, ministers various; 10 a.m. & 5.30 p.m.; Tues. 7.30 p.m.

Friends’ Meeting House, Greaves street; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Thur. 10.30 a.m.

Free Church of England, Hollinwood, Rev. David Murray Somerville, minister; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Baptist

Hollins Road (Beulah), J. Grinnell.

King Street, Rev. Stuart Caldwell: 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.; seats 1,000.

Chamber Road, Rev. Lewis Morris; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.; seats 500.

Particular Baptists, Churchill street; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Glodwick (Pitt street east), Rev. H. Ogden; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.; seats 560.

Hollinwood; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Milton Street, Hollinwood; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Wlthins Road, Hollinwood (Beulalh), Rev. William Nield; 10.45 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Congregational

Regent Street, Rev. Joseph Miller; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.: Wed. 7.30 p.m.; seats 400.

Ashton Road, Rev. Henry Knowles B.A.; 10.30 a.m.& 6.30 p.m.; seats 440.

Derker Street, Rev. E. A. Smisson; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.; seats 450.

Greenacres, Rev. Thomas Kilpin Higgs M.A.; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.; seats 800.

Hollinwood, Rev. John Alfred Buttriss; 10.45 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Hope, Bower street, Rev. Albert James Viner F.T.S.: 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; seats, 1,100.

Pastures-Lees, Huddersfield road, Waterhead; 2.30 & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Townfleld, Rev. Herbert Hooper; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 8 p.m.; seats 470.

Union Street, Rev. James F. Brown; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Thur. 7.30 p.m.; seats 800.

Werneth, Windsor road, Rev. James Richard Phillips; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 8 p.m.; seats 450.

Waterhead, Rev. Learning Hartley; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; seats 550.

Independent Methodists.

King Street; 10.45 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 8 p.m.

George Street; 10.45 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Broadway Street; 10.45 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Smith Street; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Ross Street; 10.45 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Methodist Free Church.

Ministers-Rev. Samuel Pond & Rev. J. Carbis.

King Street; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Tues. 7.30 p.m.

Waterloo Street; 9.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Thur. 7.30 p.m. Higginshaw; 11 a.m.

Hollinwood; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

Methodist New Connexion

Ministers-Rev. William H. Alcock & Rev. Edward Troughton.

Union Street (Ebenezer); 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Tues. 7.30 p.m.; seats 1,100.

Werneth; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Tues. 7.30 p.m.

Honeywell Lane, off Ashton road; 10.30 a.m. & 3 & 6 p.m.

Hollinwood; 10.30 a.m. & 3 & 8 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Dalton Street, Huddersfield road; 11 a.m. & 3 & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Garforth Street, Busk; 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Primitive Methodists-First Circuit

Minister-Rev. George Parkin M.A., B.D.

Bartlemore Street; 10.45 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Henshaw Street; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Thur. 7.30 p.m.; seats 1,300.

North Moor; 2.45 & 6 p.m.; Thur. 7.30 p.m.

Primitive Methodists-Second Circuit

Ministers-Rev. John Swinden & Rev. John Roberts.

Lees Road; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.; seats 650.

Bardsley; 2.45 & 6 p.m.; Thur. 7.30 p.m.; seats 300.

Waterhead; 2.30 & 6 p.m.; Tues. 7.30 p.m.; seats 330.

Copster Hill Road; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.; seats 200.

Albert Mount; 10.45 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Tues. 8 p.m.; seats 280.

Lees; 11 a.m. & 8.15 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.; seats 400.

Primitive Methodists-Third Circuit

Ministers-Rev. German Hunt & Rev. Frederick Humble.

Hollinwood; 10.45 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Tues. 7.30 p.m.

Wash Brook; 10.45 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Hollins Road; 10.45 a.m. & 6 p.m.; alternate Mon. 7.30 p.m.

New Moston; Sun. 2.30 & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Primitive Methodists-Fourth Circuit

Ministers-Rev. William Curry & Rev. George A. Lucas.

Middleton Road; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Mon. & Thur. 7.30 p.m., seats 370.

North Moor; 10.46 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Thur. 7.30 p.m.

Unitarians.

Lord Street, Rev. J. Arthur Pearson; 10.46 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.

Wesleyan Methodists-Manchester Street Circuit

Ministers-Rev. Thomas R. Pickering (superintendent), Rev. D. Arundel Hay, Rev. Levi James, Rev. Arthur W. Newboult & Rev. &. Osborn Gregory.

Manchester Street; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.; seats 1,200.

Middleton Junction; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Thur. 7.30 p.m.

Middleton; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Rhodes; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Tues. 7.30 p.m.

Failsworth; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Tues. 7.30 p.m.

Brunswick Chapel; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Hollins; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Mon. 7.30 p.m.

Busk; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Mon. 7.30 p.m.

North Moor; 2.30 & 6 p.m.; Tues. 7.30 p.m.

Cow Hill; 6.15 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Eaves Lane; 6 p.m.

Wesleyan Methodists-Wesley Circuit

Ministers-Rev. William Stevenson, superintendent, Rev. J. Griffin Hodson (Shaw) & Rev. Arnold E. Gardiner.

Wesley, Greenacres road; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Thur. 7.30 p.m.; seats 900.

Glodwick, Waterloo street; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Tues. 7.30 p.m.

Wabersheddings; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Thur. 7.30 p.m.

Moorside; 2.45 & 6 p.m.; Mon. 7.15 p.m.

Edge Lane road; 6 p.m.

Moravians.

Salem, Rev. Herbert Russell Mumford; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.

Middleton Hoad, Rev. Henry Franois England 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.

Church of Jesus Christ or Latter Day Saints.

Union Street; 10.30 a.m. & 2.30 & 6.30 p.m.

Salvation Army Hall, Union street Welsh Chapel, Union street west; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Christ Church Meeting Room, 21 Roundthorn road; Tues. 8 p.m.

Church of Christ Mission Room, Lee street.

St. Albans Mission Room (in connection with St. Stephen’s), 40-a, Rock street; 6.30 p.m.

St. Chad’s Mission Hall, Higginshaw road.

Gospel Mission Room, Church street.

Gospel Union Mission, Henshaw street; Sunday, 11 am, & 3 & 6.30 p.m.; Monday & sat. 8 p.m.

Grosvenor Street Ragged School & Mission Room; services, 2.30 & 6 p.m.; Mon. 7.30; Wed. 7.30.

SCHOOLS

The Blue Coat school, now also a secondary school under the Board of Education, was founded by Thomas Henshaw, who by will, dated November, 1807, made a bequest of £20,000 to endow such an institution in Oldham & a similar amount for the endowment of a blind asylum, in Manchester; in the succeeding year, by a codioil, he bequeathed a further amount of £20,000 for the Blue Coat school. On his death his heirs filed a bill in chancery, which caused a protracted litigation, and in consequence the money bequeathed accumulated to upwards of £70,000. It was not till the year 1834 that the building was ready for the reception of scholars; it is erected on an elevated site given by Messrs. Robert Ratcliffe & Joseph Jones, the principal front being to the south & having three gables: attached is a spacious playground; in 1883 the funds were augmented by subscriptions amounting to £3,500, which, together with a legacy left by Asa Lees esq. of £2,000, has been applied to increase the number of admissions, & in 19003 Samuel R. Flatt esq. left £1,000 & in 1904 a further sum of £4,600 was left by Miss Greaves: there are now (1904) about 85 boys, who receive a commercial education, with board, lodging & clothing; a gymnasium has been added, mainly through the beneficence of Humphrey Nichols esq. of Manchester, & a swimming bath was added in 1898; the school is controlled by a body of 12 governors.

Oldham Municipal Technical School, Union street & Asoroft street, was taken over by the Corporation, January 1st, 1893, & is now the County Borough of Oldlham Municipal Technical School; John Armitage, director.

Hulme Endowed Grammar, Chamber road & Windsor road, Werneth, founded in 1611 & re-opened May, 1896, for 250 boys; the school is now a secondary school in Division A of the Board of Education & two leaving scholarships of £60 & £25 respectively are awarded annually. The school is managed by a body of governors, A. Emmott esq. M.P. chairman. There are now (1904) 140 boys.

The offices in Union street west, erected at a cost of about £12,933, form a handsome structure of brick with stone facings in a Semi-Gothic style, from designs by F. E. L. Harris esq. A.R.I.B.A. of Chelmsford & London, & were opened May 18th, 1893. The buildings comprise a general office & offices for the clerk, building inspector, chief attendance officer, an enquiry office, large board room, committee, retiring & waiting rooms & also a spacious lecture hall.

Public Elementary Schools

Hathershaw, Ashton road (mixed), opened 11th May, 1878, at a cost of £3,000 & enlarged in 1900, for 850 children; average attendance, 862.

Roundthorn, Roundthorn road (infants), opened 27th June, 1881, at a cost of £2,160, for 291 children; average attendance, 291.

Roundthorn, Roundthorn road (mixed), opened January, 1901, at a coat of £12,000, for 580 children; average attendance, 395.

Waterhead (mixed & infants), opened 24th September, 1883, at a cost of £7,000, for 482 children; average attendance, mixed 146; infants 121.

Watersheddings (mixed & infants), opened 30th June, 1884, at a cost of £4,800; the infants’ department was enlarged in 1895 & the mixed school in 1901, & the whole is now available for 694 children; average attendance, mixed 356, infants 172.

Chadderton, Eustace street (mixed & infants), opened in 1896, at a cost of £16,000, for 880 children; average attendance, mixed 461, infants 180.

Scottfield (mixed & infants), opened 6th June, 1885, for 701 children; average attendance, 353.

Beever Street (mixed & infants), opened 13th June, 1885, for 685 children; average attendance, 700.

Derker, Afghan street (mixed & infants), opened in 1698, at a cost of £25,000, for 1,532 children; average attendance, mixed, 920; infants 344.

Cowhill (mixed & infants), built in 1855, for 596, with an average attendance of 285 mixed, 108 infants.

Derby street, Werneth (freehold), erected at a cost of about. £25,000, & opened Jan. 1896, for 900 mixed & 420 infants; average attendance, mixed 752, infants 274.

Greenacres, Oberlin street (transferred to the Board, March 1st, 1900) (mixed & infants), for 310; average attendance, 278.

Drury Lane (mixed & infants), built in 1872, at the cost of Alfred Butterworth esq. for 400 children; average attendance, 395.

Smith street (mixed & infants), opened 21st July, 1873, at a cost of £4,800, for 776 children; average attendance, 764.

Wellington Street (mixed & infants), opened 6th January, 1879, at a cost of £5,000, for 561 children; average attendance, 450.

Waterloo Street (Higher grade), Hardy street, now (1904) a secondary school in Division A of the Board of Education (mixed & infants),1 opened 2nd July 1887, at a cost of £7,047, for 1,014 children; average attendance, 1,074.

Westwood, Middleton road (mixed infants), built in 1873 at a cost of £4,985, & enlarged in 1883 & again in 1892, for 1,030 children; average attendance, 426 boys & girls & 310 infants.

North Moor Grange street (mixed & infants), built in 1887, at a cost of £6,200 & enlarged in 1893, for 915 children; average attendance, mixed 586, infants 267.

Higginshaw (mixed & infants), for 850 children; average attendance, mixed 494, infaints 247.

Hollinwood, opened in 1903, for 860 children; average attendance, 650.

Hollinwood (infants), built in 1870, at a cost of £3,000, on the site of the Old Grammar School, the endowment of which, amounting to £6 4s. 8d. yearly, is applied to the free education of 15 orphans of either sex at this school: the school will hold 370 children; average attendance, 370.

Werneth, Coppice street (mixed & infants) opened Jan. 1894, for 1,010 children average attendance, mixed 686, infants 324.

Mount Pleasant Ragged School; George H. Cox, superintendent.

School for the Blind, Gower street, for 20 children; average attendance, 5.

School for the Deaf, Gower street, for 48 children; average attendance, 31.

St. Mary’s, Burnley street (mixed & infants), built in 1820 & since enlarged, for 800 children; average attendance, mixed 431; infants 85.

St. Peter’s, Union street (mixed & infants), built in 1838, for about 800 children; average attendance, 328.

Holy Trinity, Waterhead (mixed & infants), built in 1852 & enlarged in 1881, for 532 children; average attendance, mixed 156; infants 73.

Holy Trinity, Coldburst (infants), built in 1881, for 250 children; girls; average attendance, 268.

St. Luke’s, Kempsey street (mixed & infants), opened in 1894, at a cost of £2,000, for 525 children; average attendance, 403.

Holy Trinity, Coldburst (infants), built in 1881, for 280 children; average attendance, 181.

St. Thomas’, Werneth (boys, girls & infants), erected in 1872 on a site given by Mrs. Hargreaves, for 400 children; average attendance, boys & girls, 128.

St. Stephen & All Martyrs’, St. Stephen street, (mixed & infants), built in 1871, for 670 children; average attendance, 402.

Christ Church, Hamilton street, Glodwick (mixed infants), built in 1855, on a site given by Earl Howe, for 630; average attendance, 342.

St. Andrew’s, Middleton road (mixed & infants), built in 1801, for 400; average attendance, 200 boys & girls & 90 infants.

St. Mark’s, Glodwick (mixed & infants), built in 1876 by James Collinge esq. at a cost of £2,000, & subsequently enlarged at a further cost of £2,500, for 500 children: average attendance, 320.

St. Paul’s, Ashton road (mixed & infants), built in 1871 & since enlarged at a cost of £2,000, for 469; average attendance, 396.

St. Mark’s, Radclyffe street (mixed & infanta), opened 1873 & sines enlarged to hold 577 children; average attendance, 242.

Denton Lane (mixed & infants), built in 1875, at a cost of £850, not including the site, & enlarged for 300 children; enlarged 1892 & 1901 for 424 children; average attendance, 264.

Moor Side (mixed & infants), rebuilt in 1882, at a cost of £2,500, for 388; average attendance, 201.

Chadderton Road, North moor (mixed), built in 1869 & enlarged in 1894 at a cost of £1,000, for 360; average attendance, 270.

Catholic, Airey street, Greenacres (mixed & infants), built in 1880 & enlarged in 1886, at a total cost of £1,350, & again enlarged in 1901—2 at a cost of £7,100, for 703 children; average attendance, 567.

Catholic, Foundry street, built in 1899, at a cost of about £4,000, for 939 children; average attendance, 645.

Catholic, Dunbar street (mixed), built in 1884, at a cost of £950, for 155.

Catholic, Cardinal street (boys, girls & infants), built in 1859, at a cost of £4,000, for 750; average attendance, 715.

Catholic, Old lane, Hollinwood (mixed & infants), for about 320 children; average attendance, 284.

Salem, Lees road (mixed & infants), built in 1854, enlarged in 1878, at a cost of £850, for 500; average attendance, 321.

Wesleyan, Rollins Millgate, Hollinwood (mixed), built in 1854, for 485 children; average attendance, 404.

Wesleyan, Glodwick (mixed & infants), built in 1871, for 520 children; average attendance, 394.

Wesleyan, Busk (mixed), for 426 children; average attendance, 360.

Wesleyan, North moor (mixed & infants), for 530; average attendance, 303 boys & girls & 120 infants.

Wesleyan, Greenacres road (mixed & infants), built in 1869, for 750 children; average attendance, 463.

Wesleyan, St. Domingo street (mixed & infants), built in 1786, enlarged in 1885, for 800 children; average attendance, 344.