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I'm not a boundary 'pervert', I'm a boundary 'bounder'!
Jackdog, there's nothing 'pedantic' about it. It's simply a matter of separating places from local authorities.
Here's how to do it ...
Imagine there's no council (it isn't hard to do). No 'parish', 'borough', 'registration area', 'diocese' etc.. In fact, nothing only places, and each place has a start, and a finish, and a name.
Now, Pemberton, Ince, Standish and Aspull are all places, all marked individually and given names. They've not changed for over 900 years.
Wigan is the bit left in the middle of them.
In your mind, and a lot of other people's, a place changes with the council. No, it doesn't.
As it stands, the Rolling Pin Bakery is in Pemberton.
It's as much in Wigan as it is in Hindley, ie: not at all.
However, bringing 'council' back into it, Pemberton, Hindley and Wigan are all in Wigan's 'borough'.
And, all the churches in Wigan are under Liverpool. Which means that, if you were christened in a church in Wigan, you're a Scouser!
Tee-Hee
Replied: 12th Jul 2010 at 14:57