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A History of the County of Lancaster
… population of 1,753. 2 A road winding north and west from Wigan traverses the southern end, passing the hamlets of … Gathurst. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Company's line from Wigan to Southport runs near the south-western boundary, and … on the north bank of the River Douglas about 2 miles below Wigan, and at the extreme south-eastern end of the township. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… and Yorkshire Company's railway from Liverpool to Wigan crosses the township. There is a parish council. MANOR …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… where there is a station. The main highway leads east to Wigan, and west, dividing into two, to Ormskirk. A local …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… had recently been debate in a plea of novel disseisin at Wigan. 29 Alan pursued his father's policy, purchasing …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… side, and again touches Standish after flowing round Wigan. The remainder of the eastern boundary is formed by … having grown up along the principal road, that from Wigan to Preston. From this road a branch goes off northward … An electric tramway service connects the village with Wigan. The soil is clay, with subsoil of clay, stone and …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… to deliver seisin of all his lands in Sutton, Leigh, Wigan, and elsewhere to Richard Pemberton; ibid. Duchy …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… heir Elizabeth, who married William Orrell of Orrell, near Wigan, and a partition of the estates was made, Tarbock being … d. was payable. Ralph Orrell also held lands in Dalton and Wigan, and left as heir his son John, then twenty-five years … of forgery against the Torbocks. In 1477 Hugh Mort of Wigan granted Watsha in Turton to Ralph Orrell (173). In 1491 …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… situate on the main road between Manchester, Hindley, and Wigan, near the western boundary of the township and on the northern side of the Eccles, Tyldesley, and Wigan branch of the London and North Western Railway, upon …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… boundary. Through it pass from east to west the road from Wigan to Ormskirk, and from north to south that from Chorley … and Yorkshire Company's railway from Liverpool to Wigan passes through the southern part of the township, with … a charge of setting fire to one of the rector's houses in Wigan in 1241; he and his son Thurstan were lodged in prison, …