A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
LEES, a village in Leesfield chapelry, and in the Knott-Lanes division of Ashton-under-Lyne parish, Lancashire: on a branch of the river Medlock, adjacent to the Oldham and Delph railway, 1½ mile E by S of Oldham. It adjoins Springhead in Saddleworth parish, W R. Yorkshire; is a large and prosperous place, well paved and drained; enjoys ample supply of water and of gas from the Oldham works; carries on the cotton trade, in a closely clustered group of mills; and has a post office, ‡ under Manchester, a railway station, a public hall, a public newsroom and library, a mechanics' institute, a church, 3 dissenting chapels, and handsome national schools.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Ashton under Lyne CP/AP Lancashire AncC |
| Place: | Lees |
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