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.

Two trails in Shevington with some brief history.

Publication dealing with the early years and the building in Library Street, containing a list of the subscribers. Also includes copies of the architect's drawings.

Historical article to the British Archaeological Association by Rector GTO Bridgeman in 1888.

Detective Sergeant Robert Kidd was murdered near Wigan North Western station in 1895 while investigating railway thefts. He became the first railway police detective in Britain killed in the line of duty.