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A History of the County of Lancaster
… Ribble to Preston. 3 One road to it comes northward from Wigan; another, from Ormskirk and Liverpool, mainly going …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… also granted an annual fair. 13 In 1355 the rector of Wigan petitioned for leave to destroy the market at Prescot, … which had proved of great injury to his own market at Wigan, the two towns being only eight miles apart. 14 Prescot …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Company's main line to Scotland is formed of the Wigan and Preston Railway, opened in 1838, 10 and the Preston … Albred son of Adamand the clerk of Preston, William de Wigan; Towneley MS. DD, no. 2198. In the guild of 1328 the … details than usual were alleged: In 13234 William de Wigan claimed against Albred son of Ralph de Preston and …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… taken in 1558, shows that he held lands also in Prescot, Wigan, Billinge, and Ashton in Makerfield. 22 His son and … read, were able to answer in the affirmative; Bridgeman, Wigan Church (Chet. Soc.), iv, 759. Nightingale gives a … College, and interest on benefactions by Mr. Wells of Wigan, J. Lyon, Thomas Lyon, and Mr. Parr. The vicar of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… the great bell purchased in 1542 from the church at Wigan, which is said to have weighed '1080 poundes.' 80 The … been re-roofed and is now used for storage purposes. The Wigan bell has disappeared, and there is now one modern bell … Emma his wife, and Adam de Birkhead or Birkenhead of Wigan claimed the fourth part of two messuages, &c., in …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Glazebrook, at which point it is joined by the line from Wigan worked by the Great Central Company. At the same point …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Rumworth Lodge. The main road is that from Bolton to Wigan, passing by Deane Church; to the east is that from …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… 1623, Thomas Norman; 1635, Bentley; 1641, Hall; 1644, John Wigan ( Plund. Mins. Accts. i, 58; Local Glean. Lancs. and …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… of the Hospitallers for a rent of 12 d.) Wrightington, Wigan, Aspull (of the Hospitallers, service unknown), …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… son of William de Molyneux, and John de Winwick, rector of Wigan: the right of wardship was in dispute, the king … 70. During his father's lifetime in 1614 he had sat for Wigan; ibid. 224. Duchy of Lanc. Inq. p.m. xxvii, n. 59; …