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| Recorders and Town Clerks of Wigan since 1627. |
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WHEN
ELECT. |
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RECORDER. |
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WHEN
ELECT. |
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TOWN CLERK. |
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| 1627 |
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Robert Maudesley. |
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1627 |
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Robert Maudesley. |
| 1655 |
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Byges (Deputy). |
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1660 |
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John Anderton. |
| 1656 |
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Robert Maudesley. |
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1681 |
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Lawrence Anderton. |
| 1660 |
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Richard Pennington. |
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1688 |
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Thomas Bankes. |
| 1674 |
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Thomas Bispham. |
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1690 |
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Ralph Bankes. |
| 1679 |
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Thomas Mort. |
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1732 |
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Alexander Leigh. |
| 1686 |
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Bertie Entwistle. |
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1735 |
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Robert Leigh. |
| 1698 |
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George Kenyon. |
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1743 |
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Richard Bankes. |
| 1728 |
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Thomas Ashhursts. |
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1746 |
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John Pennington. |
| 1743 |
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Richard Clayton. |
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1769 |
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Robert Pennington. |
| 1772 |
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Sir Beaumont Hotham. |
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1804 |
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James Baron. |
| 1814 |
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None. |
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1806 |
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William Clayton. |
| 1815 |
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Sir Richard Clayton. |
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1813 |
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Roger Grimshaw. |
| 1828 |
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Adam Fitzadam. |
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1819 |
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Thomas Grimshaw. |
| 1836 |
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Robert Segar. |
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1836 |
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Caleb Hilton. |
| 1862 |
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Joseph Catterall. |
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1840 |
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John Croudson. |
| 1880 |
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John Thompson Fitzadam. |
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1858 |
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Caleb Hilton. |
| 1886 |
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William Court Gully. |
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1866 |
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Maskell William Peace. |
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1885 |
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Ralph Darlington. |
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| Literary and Debating Society |
President.........................................................................................Earl of Crawford and Balcarres.
Vice-President.................................................................................................The Mayor of Wigan.
Hon. Treasurer..........................................................................................................W. H. Craston.
Hon. Secretary...................................................................................................................A. Shaw.
Committee.........................................J. B. Liptrot, Rev. E. H. H. Brodhurst, W. H. Smith, H. Milligan,
W. H. R. Darlington, and R. P. White. |
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| Volunteer Shooting Club. |
| SENIOR SHOOTING CLUB. |
| Secretary................................................................................................................Sergeant Rigby. |
| JUNIOR SHOOTING CLUB. |
| Secretaries............................................................Sergeant T. R. Lowe and Lance-Corporal Turner. |
| MEDICAL STAFF CORPS. |
| Instructor..........................................................................................................Surgeon Roocroft. |
| Secretary........................................................................................................Sergeant T. R. Lowe. |
| Lectures and drills every Monday evening, at Drill Hall, Powell Street. |
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| Public Baths. |
Foundation stone laid October 27th, 1881, by W. J. Lamb, Mayor, on behalf of T. Knowles, M.P., who generously gave £1,000 towards the erection.
Opened Whit Monday, May 29th, 1882, by R. F. Hopwood, Mayor. Cost £8,900. Architect, Geo. Heaton.
The number and size of the baths are as follows :- Gent's first plunge, 58ft. by 22ft. ; gent's second plunge, 68ft. by 26ft. ; ladies' plunge, 23ft. by 14ft. 6in. The number of private baths are as follows :- Eight first class and 51 second class. There are also a salt water bath, a sulphur bath, an alkaline bath, and three vapour baths.
The times of opening and closing are :- From May 1st to September 30th, 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. ; Sundays, from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. From October 1st to April 30th, 8 a.m. to 7 30 p.m. ; Sundays, 7 30 a.m. to 9 a.m. Ticket offices close half-an-hour earlier. |
| Superintendent.............................................................................................................T. Scott. |
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