Resources

Victorian stone carver best known for the angel sculptures in Wigan Parish Church, created during the town’s major mid-19th-century church rebuilding.

Anniversary Brochure - displaying their numerous products, such as a Hereford Socket Brushing Hook, Lancashire Mining Shovel, and a Yorkshire Bill Hook.

Comprehensive and in-depth 240-page book by Rev. Thomas Cruddas Porteus.

This fascinating historic map and a pamphlet were produced in protest at Wigan losing one of its two Members of Parliament under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885.

A Catalogue of Wigan related information

Pigot & Co Directory, covering Wigan, Haigh, Hindley, Ince, Orrell, Pemberton, Upholland, Standish and Neighbourhoods.

The effects of the late Mrs. Leigh.

One of the many fires at the Mill and the courage of a fire-fighter with life changing consequences.