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A History of the County of Lancaster
… states that it had been given by 'Thomas Willis of Wigan, the author's only Willis cousin.' Some letters from … his estates in Prescot, Huyton, Standish, Bolton, Eccles, Wigan, Wigan Woodhouses, and Ireland, under different limitations, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… in Whittle, Walton-le-Dale, Heath Charnock, Howick and Wigan; Kuerden, loc. cit. His wife Clemency occurs. In 1401 … of the Crosse family is given under the townships of Wigan and Chorley; see also Foster, Lancs. Ped. a Sir Richard …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… was buried at Farnworth. His son William was a curate of Wigan. Lancs. and Ches. Rec. loc. cit. Plundered Mins. Accts. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Townships Wigan WIGAN Wigan, 1199; Wygayn, 1240; Wygan, common. Pronounced Wiggin ( … the north and turned to the west round the hill upon which Wigan Church stands, thence running north-westward and …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… with stations at Gerard's Bridge and Moss Bank; to Wigan, with one at Carr Mill; to Liverpool, and to Widnes. … or Warrington to Lathom and Ormskirk, and from Prescot to Wigan and Newton, it is probable that there has for centuries … 54751. Letter bags came in from Liverpool, Prescot, and Wigan once a day, with corresponding despatches. Four coaches …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… park is bounded on two sides by the roads from Billinge to Wigan and from Haydock to Upholland, which cross at its … The Lancashire and Yorkshire Company's Liverpool and Wigan Railway passes through near the northern boundary. A … to James Bankes. 7 The purchaser, who belonged to a Wigan family, 8 died 4 August 1617, leaving a widow Susannah, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… council. The principal road leads north from Warrington to Wigan; it is to the east of the old Roman road. At the church … Newton and Ashton, and the other by Golborne and Ince, to Wigan. The London and North-Western Company's main line to …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… into a small town, lying on the road from Manchester to Wigan; to the north and northeast are Newton and Hope Mill; … Swinton 18,512. The chief road is that from Manchester to Wigan, through Swinton, Wardley, and Walkden, along or near … North Western Company's line from Manchester and Eccles to Wigan, begun in 1861, has stations at Worsley and Ellenbrook; …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… at this point has been formed into reservoirs for the Wigan Corporation Water Works. The population numbered 258 in 1901. The principal road is that from Wigan to Chorley. The London and North Western Company's line from Wigan to Preston passes through the western corner of the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Robin Hood to Eccleston; it is crossed by two roads from Wigan to Parbold. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Company's Railway from Wigan to Southport crosses the southeastern corner, having a …
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