History of Wigan   (Help with ancient and recent history.)

Nicko - Gracie, Sally, and W.C. are all fine names for Fields, but the field in question's name - of which Longshoot was a part - 'Most likely was Scholes Field, because even today we find Scholefield Lane in the area, and two large fields, each called Scholes Field, appear here on a map of Wigan produced by John Mather in 1827.

... (also on the 1827 map) fields called Middleshoot and another Longshoot in Swinley, indicating that an open field once existed here.'

An interesting read - The Project Gutenberg EBook of On Some Ancient Battle-Fields in Lancashire, by
Charles Hardwick eBook