Lydgate, Greater Manchester

Lydgate
Lydgate
Lydgate Location within Greater Manchester
OS grid reference	SD972045
Civil parish	Saddleworth
Metropolitan borough	Oldham
Metropolitan county	Greater Manchester
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	OLDHAM
Postcode district	OL4
Dialling code	01457
Police	Greater Manchester
Fire	Greater Manchester
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Oldham East and Saddleworth
List of places UK England Greater Manchester 53°32′13″N 2°02′28″W / 53.537°N 2.041°W / 53.537; -2.041

Lydgate is a village in the civil parish of Saddleworth in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. The village, which has a church, was part of the Agbrigg Wapentake, part of the historic West Riding of Yorkshire.^[1][2][3][4]

See also

• Greater Manchester portal

• Listed buildings in Saddleworth

References

1. "Lydgate St Anne | National Churches Trust". www.nationalchurchestrust.org. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
2. "Lydgate West Riding". visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
3. "Genuki: Rochdale Supplementary, Yorkshire (West Riding)". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
4. Smith, A. H (1986) [1961]. The place-names of the West Riding of Yorkshire, 2: Osgoldcross and Agbrigg Wapentakes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 319. OCLC 615109017.