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The History Shop was closed in 2009 for a £1.6million refurbishment, to be reopened as the Museum of Wigan Life. £500,000 of Heritage Lottery Fund money was matched by Wigan Council and Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust for the building's redevelopment, which involved extensive internal and external restoration.
The name of the town has been recorded variously as Wigan in 1199, Wygayn in 1240, and Wygan in numerous historical documents. [5]The name Wigan is probably a Celtic place-name : it might be a diminutive form of Brittonic *wīg "homestead, settlement" (later Welsh gwig), plus the nominal suffix -an has also been suggested (c.f. numerous places in France named Le Vigan); the place name may ...
Trencherfield Mill, modified and now part residential. Wigan is a town in Greater Manchester, England. [3] It stands on the River Douglas which was canalised in the 1740s; 15 miles (24 km) south of Preston, 16 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (27 km) west-northwest of Manchester, and 17 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (28 km) east-northeast of Liverpool.
The Metropolitan Borough of Wigan is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It is named after its largest town, Wigan , but covers a far larger area which includes the towns of Atherton , Ashton-in-Makerfield , Golborne , Hindley , Ince-in-Makerfield , Leigh and Tyldesley .
Wigan Life Centre, The Wiend, Wigan, WN1 1NH: Council's main offices. The council's main offices are at the Wigan Life Centre on The Wiend, a modern building completed in 2012 behind the retained façade of the former Municipal Buildings facing Hewlett Street and Library Street. The building also incorporates the town's library. [21] [22]
Dean Trust Wigan - joined in April 2017, as part of the Wigan Learning Partnership (W) Blacklow Brow - joined in September 2017 as a one-form-entry school (W) Dean Trust Rose Bridge - joined in February 2019 after over 100 years of educating (W) Abraham Moss Community School - joined in September 2023 as the first all-through school in the ...
The defending champions were Wigan Warriors who won the 2023 Grand Final, defeating Leeds Rhinos 50–42. [ 1 ] Five teams form the league and each played eight fixtures during the regular season, playing each of the other teams twice - home and away.
Wigan Warriors is an ... The 2020 Super League season was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic and a points-percentage system was implemented to account for the ...