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Ashton has ALWAYS been Ashton in Makerfield. Wigan is a different place altogether, with about four miles between the two. Undeniable fact. The only link between Ashton and Wigan is the local government, of which both places are run.
When it comes to parliamentary regulation of that local government, Ashton is in Makerfield, Wigan is not.

Bill Ryder's dad, also Bill Ryder, lived near the Wagon and Horses, on Clipsley Lane, for many years. Whether Bill was born there, or not, I don't know, I'm just guessing. But he had a family there before they left. So I'm told, of course, I'm nowhere near that old!