Places   (Help with places, streets and buildings in Wigan.)

Tonker,
You may well be right in that Poolstock is an eponym relating to an ancient Poole family. I don't know when the area (and the road) was originally known as Poolstock. On the 1843 Ordnance Survey map, there is an area shown as 'Pool Stock' to the south of the River Douglas, and on the same map, the road nearby is shown as 'Poolstock Lane', so I suppose its origin is lost in the mists of time. I agree in referring you to your comment of 1st June on this post. All good stuff, though - it's great to see people taking pride in their local history.