LEES, a chapelry in the parish of ASHTON under
LINE, hundred of SALFORD, county palatine of LANCASTER,
1 mile (E.) from Oldham. The population is
returned with the parish. The living is a perpetual
curacy, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Chester, and
in the patronage of the Rector of Ashton under Line.
The turnpike-road from Oldham to Huddersfield passes
through the village, near which is a chalybeate spring,
called Lees Spa.