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George Ormrod building
George Ormrod building
Photo: RON HUNT
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Item #: 35219
Taken from the 1869 Directory:-------------
Ormrod George, wholesale grocer, corn merchant and miller, 28 Wallgate, and Low mill, Hindley; residence Hill Top house, Hindley

Comment by: Elizabeth on 15th July 2024 at 14:24

I can remember my Mum saying my Grandad used to mention George Ormrod's ( could even have been my Great- Grandad).Another coincidence, my daughter lives yards from Hill Top House.x

Comment by: Phil Taylor on 15th July 2024 at 18:52

Item 29871 on wiganworld shows a photograph of this building.
What I hadn't noticed on the photo, which is clear on this sketch is the stone archway over the entrance to the churchyard from Wallgate,

Comment by: Andy Lomax on 16th July 2024 at 13:01

I can't place this building at all. Looking at the old maps it doesn't fit.

Artistic license?!

Comment by: RON HUNT on 16th July 2024 at 13:19

Andy. check out the photo Item 29871 That is one of the earliest photos of Wigan and you can see the building clearly. So maybe it has had some alterations in the intervening years but you can see its very similar.

Comment by: Andy Lomax on 16th July 2024 at 21:30

I can see it now this is great.

It seems the church is out of scale as the distance between the entrance next to the Dog & Partridge to the church is not as great as the artist suggests. Ormerod's building is clearly the main subject of the work. Who did it Ron?

Comment by: RON HUNT on 19th July 2024 at 15:15

Andy, No idea who the artist was. Its been in a file on my computer for a few years Just come across it. Just a note saying its early 19th cen. Just twigged that the dark rectangular patch bottom left, could be the roof of the DOG and PARTRIDGE pub?

Comment by: Keith on 12th December 2024 at 21:23

I was originally confused by this illustration. However I can now “see”, as Ron mentions, the Dog and Partridge (although the perspective of one building in relation to another is perhaps suspect). The parish graveyard and the “arch” all “fit” but the “arch” seems castellated rather than the actual design it was, i.e. intricate with pierced features. I know this because photos exist on Wigan Album that show it.

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