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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.

Mark Williams Butchers 1960's
Photo: RON HUNT

Photo. of Mark Williams butchers shop which stood on the site of the Roebuck Hotel. From 1983 it has been McDonald's Note that the metal framwork holding the Pork Butchers, sign, is the same one holding the Roebuck Hotel sign on that photo.

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.

What The Quacks Going On?

What The Quacks Going On?
by David Kelly

(iPhone)

(Sunday, 24th July, 2022)

St Stephen's church

St Stephen's church
by David

(Canon power-shot G3)

(Thursday, 27th April, 2017)

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Sorry Mollie if this might be in you plans but, I have one that you might like, when ev...		 tomplum 1 3 28th Apr 2024, 22:54
Cambridge st or around that area 1969- 1972
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Silver well pub
Who went in the Silver well pub in 1969 -1972		 lanky11 - 2 28th Apr 2024, 22:48
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Spring watch @ plum towers
just at the minute there is activity all over with, fledglings and hedgehogs Spring has de...		 tomplum 5 85 28th Apr 2024, 22:02
Walking / Hiking
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3 Body Problem
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council house rent.is
Is it fair that in a row of council houses theres only one are two tenents paying full ren...		 albion 35 727 28th Apr 2024, 16:25
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