Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Oldham is a town in North West England, on a north-eastern edge of the Greater Manchester conurbation. It began as a mill town, and is most recently well-known for inter-racial problems. Oldham was the birthplace of the composer William Walton. External Links Oldham Council Oldham through the lens This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.