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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.

Alice Miller with son George
Photo: Dennis Miller

My paternal Grandmother Alice with my Uncle George. Taken c.1980 in Car Street, Platt Bridge. The building in the background is the old tram sheds on Tram Street, at the time Webster's Timber Works. I don't know what the flowers are called... but they were bigguns!

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.

Market

Market
by Brian

(Fuji Finepix S7000)

(Thursday, 9th July, 2009)

Young Love

Young Love
by Brian

(Nikon D5000)

(Sunday, 15th November, 2015)

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St John's Vicarage
Has anyone got the address and a photograph of the Vicarage?		 admin 1 22 6th May 2024, 17:57
General Election 2024
It is looking highly likely that the election will be called on for a vote in October, and...		 Tommy Two Stroke 10 118 6th May 2024, 17:31
Where have they gone ?
Since returning from going AWOL I’ve noticed many familiar names have gone . Was it a co...		 i-spy 49 722 6th May 2024, 17:11
Laughter
Why isn’t there more of it and a little less misery . Lets have some funny memories 		i-spy 2 41 6th May 2024, 16:53
Awful
This sports section for our town		 roylew 5 72 6th May 2024, 15:36
Thomas Major
Can anyone tell me the best site to get info on Thomas Major B 1919 died in the war 1939....		 annefair 3 52 6th May 2024, 15:00
What’s the point
Why do we still have bank holidays when there’s hardly any banks left.		 i-spy 33 417 6th May 2024, 13:47
So called Liverpool and city supporters
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Streaming films and series
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