Places
36 places found.
Did you mean: wight or wigton ?
Those places high-lighted have photos. All locations may have maps, books and memories.
- Wigan, Greater Manchester
- Ashton-in-Makerfield, Greater Manchester
- Leigh, Greater Manchester
- Hindley, Greater Manchester
- Atherton, Greater Manchester
- Tyldesley, Greater Manchester
- Standish, Greater Manchester
- Ince in Makerfield, Greater Manchester
- Abram, Greater Manchester
- Golborne, Greater Manchester
- Blackrod, Greater Manchester
- Newtown, Greater Manchester (near Wigan)
- Highfield, Greater Manchester (near Wigan)
- Blackmoor, Greater Manchester
- Astley, Greater Manchester
- Bryn, Greater Manchester
- Westleigh, Greater Manchester
- Haigh, Greater Manchester
- Dover, Greater Manchester
- Orrell, Greater Manchester
- Pemberton, Greater Manchester
- Pennington, Greater Manchester
- Bedford, Greater Manchester
- Lowton, Greater Manchester
- Scholes, Greater Manchester
- Whitley, Greater Manchester
- Bamfurlong, Greater Manchester
- Hawkley, Greater Manchester
- Longshaw, Greater Manchester
- Springfield, Greater Manchester
- Marylebone, Greater Manchester
- Astley Green, Greater Manchester
- Boar's Head, Greater Manchester
- Hindsford, Greater Manchester
- Pickley Green, Greater Manchester
- Plank Lane, Greater Manchester
Photos
60 photos found. Showing results 1 to 20.
Maps
419 maps found.
Books
Sorry, no books were found that related to your search.
Memories
46 memories found. Showing results 1 to 10.
A Child's View.
I moved to Woldingham with my Mother (she worked for Sir James and Lady Marshall at Whistlers Wood) when I was five years old (1951). I remember my Mother ordering food from Saffins and this I believe was delivered. Also remember ...Read more
A memory of Woldingham by
The Old School
I remember the old school on Wigan Road, it was called Ormskirk Cross Hall High School. It has now been demolished and replaced with a newer building.
A memory of Ormskirk in 1979 by
The Plantations
Well not just for the 1930's but for twenty years after as well. Memories come flooding back - not just for this picture but for Wigan itself. I was born there in 1931 - in my grandparents home 38, Dicconson Street - a section no ...Read more
A memory of Wigan in 1930 by
Visiting My Grandmother In Newton
Every school holiday from 1959 onwards, my brothers Tony, Brian, and later my sister Karen and I stayed with my grandmother Sarah Stones & Harold Stones. Gran owned the Stones greengrocers shop in High ...Read more
A memory of Newton-le-Willows by
Haigh Hall, Wigan
Dad would walk me from Hindley up to Plantation Gates then we would get the little train that ran from behind Haigh Hall plantation gates.Started walking in 1952 & went many times.
A memory of Wigan by
The 1950s
Though I have some recall of the 1940s - eg starting school in 1948 at the age of three and a half and being reluctant to get off a rocking horse on the first day, it was the 1950s that really kicked in - to the accompaniment of songs ...Read more
A memory of Corwen in 1950 by
Re Comment By John Howard Norfolk On Wigan Clogs
Wigan-made clogs always did have a reputation even way back when - so it's nice to have this confirmation of their quality holding up even to today. I've even discovered that one of my ancestors made ...Read more
A memory of Wigan by
Tyldesley Recreation Club
My grandfather (A E Rahr) donated a silver cup for competition on the Crown Green Tyldesley recreation club. This was competed for in the 1930s and the winners were: 1933 J Baker, 1934 J Hodson, 1935 E Lythgoe and ...Read more
A memory of Tyldesley in 1930 by
The Atherton And Grayson Families
My grandma, Louisa Atherton, grew up in the Grayson family in Wigan. They later relocated to King Street, Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire. She had a son, Norman Atherton who was in the army(Burma). Are there any ...Read more
A memory of Wigan in 1890 by
Captions
22 captions found. Showing results 1 to 22.
By 1896 Wigan was taking public health seriously, and not only in the provision of hospital beds.
Stone, slate and lime would be carried from the north, and Wigan coal from the south.
Stone, slate and lime would be carried from the north, and Wigan coal from the south.
Standing in the upper Douglas Valley, Wigan was once a market town, but by the mid 19th century it was a major centre for Lancashire's coal industry.
In 1792, a company was formed by Lancaster merchants; they saw a canal as a way of getting cheap coal from Wigan and getting other goods out to the towns in the heart of Lancashire, and to the growing
If any spot in Wigan lays claim to being attractive, it is perhaps the precincts of its ancient parish church that should have the honour.
The packet service from Manchester to Liverpool via Worsley, Leigh and Wigan took fourteen hours, though meals were provided at 1s each.
Derby had expected to join up with the King at Wigan, but instead clashed with and was routed by Robert Lilburne's Parliamentarian troops.
On the northern edge of the Wigan coalfield, local pits once provided employment for over 2000 miners, but by the late 1940s the mines were just a memory.
It was situated at the crossroads between the early settlements that we now know as Warrington, Widnes, Prescot and Wigan.
This view looks south along Wigan Road to the Anderton Arms, now managed as an Italian restaurant.
Associated with George Formby and George Orwell, Wigan was also the butt of music-hall jokes, but the pier does exist.
It was situated at the crossroads between the early settlements that we now know as Warrington, Widnes, Prescot and Wigan.
The railway bridge here was built in 1838 by North Union Railways for the Preston to Wigan line at a cost of £70,000, and is now part of the west coast main line.
The sections from Leeds to Gargrave and from Wigan to Liverpool followed by 1777.
The sections from Leeds to Gargrave and from Wigan to Liverpool followed by 1777.
In 1792, a company was formed by Lancaster merchants to build a canal; they saw it as a way of getting cheap coal from Wigan and transporting other goods out into towns in the heart of Lancashire.
The building on the right is now the Wig and Mitre pub.
The Hean Castle Hotel (centre) stands on the corner of Cambrian Terrace and Wogan Terrace.
The Hean Castle Hotel (centre) stands on the corner of Cambrian Terrace and Wogan Terrace.
The building on the right is now the Wig and Mitre pub.
The building on the right is now the Wig and Mitre pub.
