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Winstanley

Archives & Libraries
Census
Churches
Civil Registration
Description & Travel
Gazetteers

Click on map to view parish boundaries in detail.

Historical Geography
Maps
Poor Houses, Poor Law etc.
Probate Records
Societies

WINSTANLEY, a township in Wigan parish, Lancashire; 3¼ miles SW by W of Wigan. Acres, 1,853. Real property, £6,913; of which £3,600 are in mines. Pop., 633. Houses, 123. The manor, with W. Hall, belongs to M. Bankes, Esq.

John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)

Archives and Libraries

Local studies information is held at Wigan library.

Census

Details about the census records, and indexes for Winstanley.

Churches

You can also perform a more selective search for churches in the Winstanley area that are recorded in the GENUKI church database. This will also help identify other churches in nearby townships and/or parishes. You also have the option to see the location of the churches marked on a map.

Civil Registration

The Register Office covering the Winstanley area is Wigan and Leigh.

Description and Travel

You can see pictures of Winstanley which are provided by:

Gazetteers

Ask for the gazetteer for a calculation of the distance from Winstanley to another place.

Historical Geography

In 1835 Winstanley was a township in the parish of Wigan.

You can see the administrative areas in which Winstanley has been placed at times in the past. Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area.

Ask for a calculation of the distance from Winstanley to another place.

Maps

View maps of Winstanley and places within its boundaries.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SD555030 (Lat/Lon: 53.521767, -2.672680), Winstanley which are provided by:

This place shown on a Google map.
Google Streetview
StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps.)
Open StreetMap
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 map.
Nearby townships/parishes shown on a Google map.
Nearby places shown on a Google map.

Poor Houses, Poor Law etc.

Poor Law records held at Wigan Archives.

Probate Records

For probate purposes prior to 1858, Winstanley was in the Archdeaconry of Chester, in the Diocese of Chester. The original Lancashire wills for the Archdeaconry of Chester are held at the Lancashire Record Office.

Societies

Lancashire Parish Register Society

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.