Lydgate, Greater Manchester

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Lydgate
Location within Greater Manchester
OS grid reference SD972045
Civil parish
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town OLDHAM
Postcode district OL4
Dialling code 01457
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Greater Manchester
53°32′13″N2°02′28″W / 53.537°N 2.041°W / 53.537; -2.041 Coordinates: 53°32′13″N2°02′28″W / 53.537°N 2.041°W / 53.537; -2.041

Lydgate is a village in the civil parish of the Saddleworth in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. The village has a church and was historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire.

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