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There's only one person recognising historically recorded facts. How can anyone ignore Wigan's standing as a Lancashire Mill Town with thousands of it's residents employed in the textile industry?
'Wigan Fabric', a stiff cotton material named after a former mill town historically in Lancashire, England.
By 1818 there were eight mills concentrated in the Wallgate area of Wigan alone.
Eckersleys ran six spinning mills and two weaving sheds in Wigan, were the largest textile manufacturers in Britain and the largest textile employers.
Wigan's dominance AS A COTTON TOWN did not begin until the late 19th century and lasted until the mid-20th century, largely due to a willingness to adopt new technology, such as ring spinning, and new structures such as joint-stock company. Consequently, it has some very fine late mill complexes and from 1889 until the First World War the largest ring spinners in Britain, Farington, Eckersley & Co Ltd of Western Mills and from 1901 also at Swan Meadow Mill.
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