In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Lees like this:
LEESFIELD, a parochial chapelry in Prestwich and Ashton-under-Lyne parishes, Lancashire; containing the post office village of Lees, and including a portion of Oldham borough. It was constituted in 1846. Pop. in 1861,5,358. Houses, 1,066. Pop. of the Prestwich portion, 1,902. Houses, 374. The living is a p. ...
curacy in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £300. Patron, alternately the Crown and the Bishop. The church was built in 1848, at a cost of £5,200; is in the later English style; and has a fine tower. There are chapels for New Connexion Methodists, Primitive Methodists, and Brethren. There are also national schools and a large British school; and the former were built shortly before 1865, at a cost of £1,500.
We are defining Lees and Leesfield as the same place because the latter does not appear on any topographic map we have found, and the modern Leesfield church and primary school are in the middle of Lees.
Lees through time
Lees is now part of Oldham district. Click here for graphs and data of how Oldham has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Lees itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Lees, in Oldham and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/95
Date accessed: 19th May 2024
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