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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)
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Local studies information is held at Wigan library.
Details about the census records, and indexes for Winstanley.
The Register Office covering the Winstanley area is Wigan and Leigh.
The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
"WINSTANLEY, a township in the parish of Wigan, county Lancaster, 3 miles S.W. of Wigan."
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In 1835 Winstanley was a township in the parish of Wigan.
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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.
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