In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Lydgate like this:
LYDGATE, a village and a chapelry in Saddleworth township, Rochdale parish, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on a hill, near the boundary with Lancashire, 1½ mile W of Greenfield r. station, and 3 E of Oldham. The chapelry was constituted in 1844; and its Post town is Lees, under Manchester. ...
Pop. in 1861,6,124. Houses, 1,221. The surface is mountainous. The inhabitants are employed chiefly in cotton-mills. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £.300. * Patron, the Vicar of Rochdale. The church was built in 1788, comprises aisles and chancel, and has a cupola. There are chapels for Independents and Wesleyans.
Lydgate through time
Lydgate is now part of Oldham district. Click here for graphs and data of how Oldham has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Lydgate itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Lydgate, in Oldham and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21530
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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