Handbags (The sad, the bad and the ugly. Non-productive stuff here.)
Lovely atmospheric pic I agree, but scary.
(These seem to be frozen now.)
Suspect those tanners weren't tanning at those particular addresses - possibly not, as that particular isn't addressed.
(At least, I can find no hide nor 'air of it.)
Wigan Life in the 1600’s (p17)
'Before the Civil Wars, Wigan was a town more significant than today and had a population of about 2,000.
Wigan had four gates into the town,
Hallgate ... Wallgate ... Millgate ... Standishgate ...
Outside of these gates were tanneries, gardens, orchards and beyond that dense woods. The main streets in the town were paved with boulders, but outside of these the roads were so muddy that often it would take 6 horses to drag a coach through them. Wigan town comprised of winding alleys, crooked streets and narrow courts, all unlit.'
Replied: 31st Oct 2012 at 09:43