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Greenacres, or archaically Greenacres Moor''', is an area of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the west side of the River Medlock opposite the village of Lees.An upland area, rising gently in altitude from west to east, Greenacres is a residential area located next to parts of Clarksfield, Waterhead, Mumps and Derker, all in the east of Oldham.Greenacres is perhaps most notable for being the site of one of Oldham's largest municipal cemeteries, appropriately named Greenacres Cemetery, of which the land was purchased by Oldham Municipal Borough Council in 1850 and opened in 1857. It has allotments for both Church of England and Roman Catholic observants. Greenacres has also long been the site of a Nonconformist congregation. Greenacres Congregational Church was formed in 1672 and the first minister was Rev Robert Constantine. In 2014 the church appointed the 25th minister in the church's history, Rev David Lampard. The church is located on Galland Street and is continuing to preach the Gospel and minister to the local community.HistoryUntil 1807, Greenacres had been open moorland, but the area was urbanised with cotton mills and densely packed redbrick terraced houses as part of Oldham's rapid industrialisation in the 19th century. The main road from Oldham to Huddersfield passes through the locality, which also facilitated this urbanisation.