Handbags   (The sad, the bad and the ugly. Non-productive stuff here.)

Wigan Town Trail:

At this period Wigan’s economy was based on the market which served a considerable area of south Lancashire; local agriculture and already a number of small scale industries. These included pottery – in 1310 “Adam the potter of Wigan” held a house and half an acre of land on Marking Place - brewing, tanning, woollen textiles –

Where could Wigan's tanneries of more recent history (beyond the C17th) be hiding?