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{{Short description|Community of the Halifax Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
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''' Oldham''' is a community of the [[Halifax Regional Municipality]] in the [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Canadian province]] of [[Nova Scotia]]. It was named for [[Oldham]] in the [[Lancashire]] area.<ref name="ppns">{{cite web|title=Place-names and Places of Nova Scotia|url=https://novascotia.ca/archives/places/page.asp?ID=508|website=Nova Scotia Archives|publisher=Province of Nova Scotia|accessdate=17 September 2017}}</ref>

Oldham was a gold mining community in the 1930s and 1940s. It is located about 2.5 km from the local town of Enfield. Oldham was a place for travellers to stop while en route from the Guysbrough Rd to Enfield, Halifax, and other surrounding areas.
The family name Cole is prominent in the community with many other family names such as Whidden, Chaplin, Graham, Miuse, McPhail, Dowell, Dunfords, Publicover, Browns, Reeves. Many families are related to each other and Oldham is a tight-knit community. Baseball and hockey were also games that the kids would play on the dirt road and in the fields.

==Navigator==
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|Centre = Oldham, Nova Scotia
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|S =[[Goffs, Nova Scotia]]<br>Via Oldham Rd.<br>To {{jct|state=NS|Route|212}}
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|NW =[[Enfield, Nova Scotia]]<br>Via Oldham Rd.<br>To {{jct|state=NS|Hwy|102|Trunk|2}}
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==References==
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==External links==
* [https://archive.today/20120714172111/http://maps.halifax.ca/ExploreHRM/viewer.php Explore HRM]

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[[Category:Communities in Halifax, Nova Scotia]]
[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Nova Scotia]]

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