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Humphrey J.G Walmesley of Westwood House, Ince, Wigan (Articles)
Article by Andy Lomax on the life of Humphrey Walmesley.
From Wigan to Wirral (Articles)
A chance meeting with a Wirral family leads to the significance of a chair, the Price of Wales pub i...
Lawrence Anderton - 17th century Wigan Pewterer (Resources)
A rare pewter tankard by Lawrence Anderton, Wigan pewterer, with a brief history.
Wigan Parish Church - The Walmesley Chapel (Resources)
History of the Chapel from the end of the Middle Ages, first mentioned in 1615.
THE VICTORIAN PLAYBOY Johnnie Walmesley of the Hall of Ince (Articles)
The Walmesley's of the Hall of Ince were a steady landowning family typical of the time. Unfortunat...
Recollections of visits to Tucson House, Winstanley (Articles)
Childhood memories and recollections of Jean Farrimond visiting her grandparents at Tucson House in ...
Old Ince Photos (Friends of Waterhouse Chapels)
A selection of Ince related old photograhs and surrounding areas. Courtesy of Ron Hunt & Brian Else...
Pit Brow Lasses (Resources)
An appreciation of the work undertaken by women and girls, "pit brow lasses" in the Wigan Coalfield....
Haigh Moated Site, Old Haigh Hall and Bradshaigh Chapel. (Articles)
Investigation and analysis of these three buildings exploring the facts and myths, by Derek Winstanl...
Wigan Wallgate Station War Memorial (Articles)
Research into the Wigan Wallgate Station War Memorial that once was on display in the Lancashire & Y...
Flt. Lt Ronald Walker... The Wigan Pilot Murdered by the Gestapo. (Articles)
The story of the Wigan pilot Flt. Lt. Ronald Walker, murdered by the Gestapo in 1944. By Graham Tay...
Architect - Richardson Thomas Johnson (Articles)
Richardson Thomas Johnson (RTJ) (1847–1929) was an influential architect whose work left a significa...
Winstanley Moated Homesteads (Articles)
Hundreds of years before Winstanley Hall was built the Winstanley family lived in a moated homestead...
Wigan Volunteer Light Horse (Articles)
The origins of the Wigan Volunteer Light Horse during the early part of the 19th century, and its ev...
The History of Wigan Volunteer Drill Hall and its Resident Units 1884-1986 (Articles)
The history of Wigan Volunteer Drill Hall and it's Resident Units 1884-1986. By Graham Taylor.
“GOT ANY GUM, CHUM?” : AMERICAN SOLDIERS AT ASHTON AND GOLBORNE IN 1944 (Articles)
US military units stationed at Ashton and Golborne in the lead-up to the D-Day Landings of June 1944
The Wigan Territorial Force in World War One (Articles)
The Great War history of 1/5th Battalion Manchester Regiment (Wigan Territorial Force) 1914-1919 b...
Margery Booth – The Operatic Spy (Articles)
The revised and updated true story of Margery Booth, the famous Wigan born opera singer who spied fo...
The Great Wigan Coal Robbery (Articles)
The story of the great coal robbery in Wigan in 1848 and the legal proceedings that followed. By Gr...
Beyond the Prison Walls (Articles)
The wartime story of Grenadier Guardsman John Cecil Larkin of Orrell. From his capture in North Afri...
The Yew Tree (Articles)
The story of the Yew tree in Jubilee Park, Ashton in Makerfield dedicated to Pte Walter Turton of th...
The Myles Standish Room in Terre Haute, Indiana, USA. (Articles)
In Lingen Lodge, Terre Haute, Indiana, USA, is a remarkable 400-year-old oak-paneled room that origi...
History of Wigan Mining & Technical College - (1887-1975) (Articles)
An extensive article by Dr. Stephen Craig-Smith charting the history of the college,
Giants Hall Farmhouse (Articles)
The history of Giants Hall Farmhouse in Standish and its occupants from 1675 to present. By Graham T...
The Life and Times of Sicklefield House, Wigan (Articles)
A look at the lives of the people who have resided at Sicklefield House, Wigan over the past 200 yea...
The use of maps as an aid to historical research and the history of the Ordnance Survey (Articles)
The use of maps as an aid to historical and family history research. The history of the Ordnance Sur...