Documented is a section containing a wealth of historical information that has been recorded over the years. Anything and everything will be listed here from Church Accounts to Court Leets, Letters, Petitions etc etc... They will be listed in date order and I will add to this fairly regularly, so keep checking.
This letter gives an account of the Battle of Wigan Lane, one of the last battles of the Civil War, in 1651. It was penned immediately after the battle, by .....
School rules for both staff and pupils, from the Free Grammar School, 1664. Spelling is as the original, some words had several different spellings!
Full list of cases tried before the Court in the year of 1697. The commonest of all offences was that about foreigners and harbouring of them.
The accounts of William Smith and John Rigby, churchwardens of the Towne and parish of Wigan, beginning the second day of Aprill, 1700.
In the 19th century, country funerals were great affairs - it is interesting to examine the details of Meyrick Bankes, Esq.
News taken from old Wigan Observers, all from the year 1889. Not for the faint-hearted!
A report published in the Council's minutes, dated 31st December, 1893. Also lists the appliances and equipment.
Various extracts taken from the handbook for mining students and colliery managers.
Fascinating insight into the bye-laws of Wigan County Borough from the late 19th Century.
Various adverts taken from the Wigan Observer of April, 1900, promising miracle cures to all kinds of ailments from a single product!
Apparently, there used to be a 'National Rat Week', this report was submitted by the medical officer to the Borough on the 20th November, 1924.