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Upload your photos. Thousands of old Wigan photos to browse and comment on.

Wigan Cemetery Index
Wigan Cemetery Index

Index covers 3rd September 1856 to 30th November 2007.

Wigan Message Boards
Wigan Message Boards

General Wigan chat, find out more about Wigan, trace relatives, get help.

What's On in Wigan
What's On in Wigan

Local events in and around Wigan, why not list yours, it's free.

Wigan Chronology
Wigan Chronology

Local chronology from Wigan Almanacs covering most years from 1879 to 1949.

Wigan Classifieds
Wigan Classifieds

Registration not required to list items for sale, wanted, swaps, upload photos.

Local History
Lots more Local History

Town directories, streets, court leet rolls, stories, books...

Wigan Blog
Wigan Blog

General musings mainly about Wigan and the wiganworld website.

Fred Dibnah
In memory of Fred Dibnah, world famous steeplejack.
Wigan Family & Local History Society
Wigan Family & Local History Society.
Wigan FHS
Pubs of the Past
Pubs of the Past Wigan pubs in photos and other info.
Reading Room
Reading Room - 27 pages of old Wigan News from 1890.
Wigan Views, 1908
Wigan Views, 1908. A souvenir booklet of old photos and ads.

Cromptons !
Photo: B McDonough

Cromptons Box and Loop line in background

Family Research

Wigan Cemetery Index
Wigan Cemetery Index

Index covers 3rd September 1856 to 30th November 2007.
(117,917 entries)

Gidlow Cemetery Index
Gidlow Cemetery Index

Index covers 14th January 1948 to 13th December 2013.
(16,188 entries)

Hindley Cemetery Index
Hindley Cemetery Index

Index covers 10th June 1880 to 18th December 2012.
(32,307 entries)

Ince Cemetery Index
Ince Cemetery Index

Index covers 6th October 1857 to 10th December 2009.
(39,319 entries)

Westwood Cemetery Index
Westwood Cemetery Index

Index covers 12th January 1946 to 31st December 2007.
(5,697 entries)

Howe Bridge Cemetery Index
Howe Bridge Cemetery Index

Index covers 13th January 1975 to 31st December 2007.
(1,854 entries)

Wigan Genealogy
Wigan Genealogy

Local genealogy for the Wigan area only. 1,000s of names listed.

Wigan Family & Local History Society
Wigan Family & Local History Society

The promotion and encouragement of research into family and local history.

Electric

Electric
by John Morris

(Nikon D700)

(Thursday, 4th June, 2015)

hOWELer

hOWELer
by Ian Hulme

(Samsung phone)

(Tuesday, 23rd October, 2018)

What you're talking about now

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The Galleries Redevelopment
'ALL' of The Galleries as built in the 1980s will be demolished, which of course will incl...		 Tommy Two Stroke 50 1,830 19th Jun 2021, 21:36
Dangerous Dog Bryn
A large husky type dog is regularly roaming free around the bryn area, it has attacked sev...		 thaknows 2 91 19th Jun 2021, 21:30
LIZZIE’S ANAGRAMS #44
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New National Anthem
[url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTZoJ01FpD8"] NEW ANTHEM		 admin 4 231 19th Jun 2021, 18:43
Aldi new stores.
Aldi are to open 50 new stores including sites in Wigan and North Wigan. 		gaffer 24 872 19th Jun 2021, 17:32
Sack lamb
Enough said…get Tony smith		 roylew 8 162 19th Jun 2021, 17:09
Haigh Hall
Wigan council won the case to use a break clause to return the hall to the council but hav...		 PeterP 27 870 19th Jun 2021, 15:09
Cat Food Recall
An outbreak of a rare condition that causes severe illness in cats has led to a voluntary ...		 jo anne 1 90 19th Jun 2021, 12:25
Royal Ascot
Anybody watching the racing on ITV, bloody Ed Chamberlain is so sycophantic. All he wants ...		 riocaroni 8 198 19th Jun 2021, 11:51
Golborne colliery
Any ex Golborne men about ,pey partridge as posted before ,tuddy did you live in whelley n...		 Handsomeminer 631 20,729 19th Jun 2021, 11:47
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