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Haigh
John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887)
Archives and Libraries
Census
Churches
St David Church of England, Haigh |
Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, Haigh, Roman Catholic |
You can also perform a more selective search for churches in the Haigh area or see them printed on a map.
Civil Registration
Directories
"HAIGH is a township two miles north of Wigan, in that parish, and is one of the most interesting townships therein. Great quantities of cannel coal (mentioned above) is found here, and at Haigh-hall, the beautiful seat of the Earl of Balcarres & Baron Wigan, a summer house is made of it, said to have stood more than a hundred years, and in which ladies may seat themselves without danger to the purity of their most delicate vestures. Various toys are made from cannel, and when formed into boxes, plates, &c. it is susceptible of a polish as fine as black marble. This township contained, by the its census, 1,300 inhabitants."Royal National and Commercial Directory and Topography of the county of Lancashire - Pigot & Co. 1828
Gazetteers
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Historical Geography
Information about boundaries and administrative areas is available from A Vision of Britain through time.
You can see the administrative areas in which Haigh has been placed at times in the past. Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area.
Maps
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SD606089 (Lat/Lon: 53.57521, -2.596488), Haigh which are provided by:
- This place shown on a Google map.
- Google Streetview
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- OpenStreetMap
- Bing (was Multimap)
- OldMaps (Old Ordnance Survey maps.)
- Old Maps Online (Other old maps.)
- National Library of Scotland (Best site for old maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- Elgin Road Works
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on a Google / Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on a Google / Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on a Google / Openstreetmap map.
Probate Records
Societies
You can also see Family History Societies covering the nearby area, plotted on a map. This facility is being developed, and is awaiting societies to enter information about the places they cover.