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Wigan Year Book of 1889
History taken from the Wigan Year Book of 1889. The book contains 40 pages of useful information about Wigan along with a local chronology. Interesting bits in the chronology section include a minor earthquake, tram accident at Newtown and a resolution passed to form a Co-operative Society for Wigan.
Please note: This is a copy of the Wigan Yearbook, and includes any grammar/spelling mistakes.
Best viewed on a desktop. Smaller screens will have to scroll horizontally.
| Page 1 | Corporation of Wigan |
| Page 2 | Corporation of Wigan - continued |
| Page 3 | Corporation of Wigan - continued Borough Police and Fire Brigade |
| Page 4 | Board of Guardians |
| Page 5 | List of Mayors and Bailiffs |
| Page 6 | Mayors of Wigan from 1836 Rectors of Wigan from 1245 |
| Page 7 | Borough Magistrates County Magistrates Borough Magistrates' Special Sessions |
| Page 8 | Carriers |
| Page 9 | Post Office |
| Page 10 | Post Office - continued |
| Page 11 | Post Office - continued |
| Page 12 | Cemetery |
| Page 13 | Free Library County Court Court Fees |
| Page 14 | Bible Society Royal Albert Idiot Asylum RSPCA Sunday School Union Inland Revenue Offices |
| Page 15 | Borough Elections since the Reform Bill of 1832 |
| Page 16 | Elections for South Lancashire |
| Page 17 | Banks Hackney Carriage Fares |
| Page 18 | The Volunteers |
| Page 19 | Lawn Tennis Club Cricket Club Rugby Football Club |
| Page 20 | Recorders and Town Clerks of Wigan since 1627 Literary and Debating Society Volunteer Shooting Club Public Baths |
| Page 21 | Churches, Chapels, and Ministers |
| Page 22 | Churches, Chapels, and Ministers - continued Licensed Buildings for the Solemnizatoin of Marriages |
| Page 23 | Surrogates Churchwardens Honorary Overseers |
| Page 24 | Local Boards in the Wigan Union |
| Page 25 | Local Boards in the Wigan Union - continued Lancashire and Cheshire Miners' Permanent Relief Society |
| Page 26 | Public Officers of the County |
| Page 27 | Subscription Bowling Green Wigan and Haigh Curling Club Liberal Club Conservative Club Auctioneers and Appraisers |
| Page 28 | Lancashire Quarter Sessions Public Hall Association Cyclists' Club Births, Marriages and Deaths |
| Page 29 | Wigan and District Chamber of Commerce Creditors' Association and Trade Protection Society Mechanics' Institution |
| Page 30 | Grammar Schools |
| Page 31 | Local Chronology, 1888-9. |
| Page 32 | Local Chronology - continued |
| Page 33 | Local Chronology - continued |
| Page 34 | Local Chronology - continued |
| Page 35 | Local Chronology - continued |
| Page 36 | Local Chronology - continued |
| Page 37 | Local Chronology - continued |
| Page 38 | Local Chronology - continued |
| Page 39 | Local Chronology - continued |
| Page 40 | Population of the Borough Borough Census since 1801 Union Census since 1801 |