History of Wigan   (Help with ancient and recent history.)

Yes Brasted, that's the one. GB doesn't seem to know about any railway line there, but it was, and the trees behind the church is where it went, past the graveyard and over Smithy Brook. It's now a footpath.
Actually, it's the footpath that GB was talking about, from Warrington Road, between church and graveyard, then over Smithy Brook bridge to the new houses. Laaaaike!