 In 1826 commissioners for the social and economic improvement of Oldham were established . The town was made part of a parliamentary borough , in 1832 , though it was in 1849 when Oldham was incorporated as a municipal borough , giving it borough status in the United Kingdom , and in 1850 the Borough Council obtained the powers of the improvement commissioners . In 1880 , parts of the Hollinwood and Crossbank areas of Chadderton and Ashton @-@ under @-@ Lyne townships were added to the Borough of Oldham . Oldham Above Town and Oldham Below Town were , from 1851 until c . 1881 , statistical units used for the gathering and organising of civil registration information , and output of census data . 
 In 1826 commissioners for the social and economic improvement of Oldham <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>were</mark></a> established . The town was made part of a parliamentary borough , in 1832 , though it was in 1849 when Oldham was incorporated as a municipal borough , giving it borough status in the United Kingdom , and in 1850 the Borough Council obtained the powers of the improvement commissioners . In 1880 , parts of the Hollinwood and Crossbank areas of Chadderton and Ashton @-@ under @-@ Lyne townships <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>were</mark></a> added to the Borough of Oldham . Oldham Above Town and Oldham Below Town <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>were</mark></a> , from 1851 until c . 1881 , statistical units used for the gathering and organising of civil registration information , and output of census data . 
In 1826 commissioners for da social and economic improvement of Oldham was established . Tdatown was made part of a parliamentary borough , in 1832 , though it was in 1849 when Oldham was incorporated as a municipal borough , giving it borough status in thdanited Kingdom , and in 1850 the Borough Council obtained the powers of the improvement commissioners . In 1880 , parts of the Hollinwood and Crossbank areas of Chadderton and Ashton @-@ under @-@ Lyne townships was added to thedarough of Oldham . Oldham Above Town and Oldham Below Town was , from 1851 untill c . 1881 , statistical units used fa the gathering and organising of civil registration information , and output of census data .