…from Roman times to present day.
Market Place
Wigan has a fantastic history.
From Coccium in Roman times through to
The Domesday period
English Civil War
Industrial Revolution
Two World Wars
to the present day.
We will eventually cover all
these areas including
Famous Wiganers
Before the Romans.
Bronze Age.
Wigan history begins with:
Prehistoric Wigan
Romans in Wigan
King Arthur and Wigan
Anglo Saxons and Vikings in Wigan
The beginning of Lancashire
The Norman Conquest and Roger de Poitou
Henry I and Mathilda and Stephen
The beginning of Haigh Hall
and much more to come…
Many thanks for their assistance in researching the information for the site goes to my fellow Wigan Peers,
Lolly
Nordic
Cadfael