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Uppermill
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Uppermill is a village in the civil parish of Saddleworth in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it lies on the River Tame in a valley amongst the South Pennines with the Peak District National Park directly to the east, east of Oldham and northeast of Manchester. Uppermill and the neighbouring village of Dobcross have a combined population of 7,500.
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- Locality
- Oldham
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 11,191
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Uppermill is a village in the civil parish of Saddleworth in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it lies on the River Tame in a valley amongst the South Pennines with the Peak District National Park directly to the east, east of Oldham and northeast of Manchester. Uppermill and the neighbouring village of Dobcross have a combined population of 7,500.
==History== thumb|left|Uppermill Civic Hall (in the centre of the picture) Although there is evidence of Roman activity in the area, the history of Uppermill is dominated by the expansion of wool and cotton spinning into the area during the Industrial Revolution, with the construction of several mills. Uppermill Civic Hall was completed in 1859.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Uppermill” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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