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

Jackdog, the Roman experts accept that the evidence available proves, without a doubt, that Coccium was not where Wigan now is. They say that the Romans were never far out with their maps. They were quite clever.

The only way to put Coccium where Wigan now is, would be to either alter the information recorded in the Antonine Itinerary by the Romans, or to declare the Romans as not being very accurate with their plans and calculations, which was not the case.

According to the Antonine Itinerary, Coccium was a fort / lookout / station. The evidence gathered shows that Wigan now sits on what was a Roman 'settlement'.

The distances recorded for Coccium in the Antonine Itinerary show Coccium to have been somewhere around the Blackrod area.
That makes more sense because, from Blackrod, the Roman lookouts really could see for miles around!

Of course, the 'Wigan Experts' know best!