Listed buildings in Oldham

Until the coming of the Industrial Revolution, Oldham was a small settlement in an agricultural region.

The cotton spinning industry grew, initially though small firms, and later by large mills.

By the late 19th century "Oldham was the leading mill town in the world".

[1] In the town were the factories of Platt Brothers, who were the largest manufacturers of cotton processing machines in the world.

Then came houses with facilities for domestic weaving, with workshop windows in the upper storeys, and later the large cotton mills.