Wigan Archaeological Society Investigating the district's past since 1982

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Questions the public have put to us about the archaeology and history of the district, and what we could tell them.

  1. More Dyeworks on Wingates Lane You mentioned that there used to be a famous iron foundry at Brock Mill...
  2. Burning Wells in Hindley Could you please enlighten me to where these were located in Hindley?
  3. DIY Resistivity Equipment We need to do some geophys on a site of our own. Any advice on how we could source some equipment, and how to use it?
  4. Dyeworks on Wingates Lane I am trying to find out about the old dye works on Wingates Lane.
  5. Siege of Lathom House I have been looking at the 'siege of Lathom House'...
  6. Bankes and the Royal Society There is a link with Sir Joseph Banks (President of the Royal Society). William Banks who bought Winstanly was brother to an ancestor of Sir Joseph.
  7. Bankes Family I stumbled across your website while looking into the Bankes family of Wigan...
  8. Dutton's Farm Damn, I just realised that I would have liked to attend the talk on Dutton's Farm. How was it? Synopsis please...
  9. Further Haigh Hall Thanks for recent information ...While I accept the house was in the same location,...I think the footprint of the house was slightly north-west.
  10. Samian Pottery I wonder if you could tell me what has happened to the Samian pottery found at the Roman mansio at Millgate.
  11. Haigh Hall I was attending a conference in Haigh Hall on recently, and was curious about the information on the display ..., which asserted that the present ... house was on the site of its predecessors.
  12. Rivington Pike Whilst walking around Rivington Pike last summer I saw a beautifully black and white tiled floor which protruded from under the grass on top of winter hill, does anybody have any information about what was there?
  13. Old Bryn Hall I have been trying to find information about Old Bryn Hall, only to find very little. Has any excavation of the area ever been carried out?
  14. Further to "Was Wigan Coccium" I read, with interest, ... questions related to Wigan being on the site of ... Coccium. Your answer ... states that evidence of a Roman road between Manchester and Ribchester exists ... (but) Wigan is not in between Manchester and Ribchester.
  15. Ancient Battle site I wondered if you had any details on the below ancient battle site in Wigan. If you have any info can you e-mail it to me?
  16. Was Wigan Coccium I am trying to answer the question "what archaeological evidence is there to suggest that Wigan is the Roman town of Coccium?"
  17. Winstanley Hall I am doing a project ... on Winstanley Hall. I was wondering if you had any information that I would find useful on this subject.
  18. Walled Wigan Recently I've been thinking that the town used to be walled, with names like 'Standishgate' and 'Wallgate'. Do you know if this is correct and if so where the walls were?
  19. Metal detecting I've just started metal detecting ..., could you suggest any good places to go and rules I have to follow?