60-585: Aspull is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan , in Greater Manchester , England. Historically in Lancashire, Aspull, along with Haigh , is surrounded by greenbelt and agricultural land, separated from Westhoughton , on its southeast side, by a brook running through Borsdane Wood . The ground rises from south to north, reaching 400 feet (122 m), and has views towards Winter Hill and
120-446: A date plaque of 1700 [1] . Aspull is on a crossroads. The principal road is to the north-east/south-west, Blackrod to Wigan. Another road runs north-west/south-east, Standish to the A6 road . The Leeds and Liverpool Canal passes through the western corner of the township. Aspull Moor lies in the northern half of the village. The nearest railway station is at Hindley although Blackrod
180-599: A highly industrialised area of Lancashire that was part of the Lancashire Coalfield and had an important textile industry. Wigan borough covers an area of 77 square miles (200 km ), and is the 9th-largest metropolitan borough (out of 36) in England. The borough is the most north western in Greater Manchester. Within Greater Manchester it borders the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton to the north-east and east, and
240-659: A mixture of woodland, open green-space and recreational facilities. Part of Ashfield is designated locally as a historic park and garden. The village has three Grade II listed war memorials ; the Peace Gate at St Wilfrid's Church , a memorial cross at the St Marie's Catholic Church, and Standish Pillar War Memorial in the Victoria Jubilee Memorial Garden (near the Globe pub). The Pillar War Memorial, unveiled in 1920,
300-460: A population of 13,278 people, based on the 2011 census , this represents 4.2% of the population of Wigan Borough . There is a higher than average number of residents over the age of 65, representing 19.9% of the population. It is an affluent community with seven out of the nine areas appearing within the top 30% most affluent in England. 80% of residents own their homes or have a mortgage; only 10% of households live in social housing . Lying within
360-667: A review by the Boundary Commission, the previous review took place in 2003. Prior to 2003 the borough was divided in 24 wards. From the 2003 Boundary Review until the 2020s, Wigan Council divided the borough into ten areas by the name of townships , each with a Township Manager (council liaison) and a regularly scheduled Township Forum meeting. However with Austerity cuts This has been replaced with an ad hoc community consultation structure without regularly scheduled community forums or permanent council liaisons consisting of 16 communities or 'Places' divided into 3 unnamed 'Localities',
420-625: A significant upgrade in 2018 as part of the Standish Cycleway project. The Line follows the route of a disused railway , running from the village centre to the former Robin Hill Colliery near Shevington Moor. Standish has one secondary school , Standish Community High School , which has approximately 1,250 students aged 11–16. Standish also has three primary schools : St. Wilfrid's Church of England Primary Academy, St Marie's Catholic Primary School, and Woodfold Primary School. Standish has
480-497: Is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester , England. It is named after its largest town, Wigan but covers a far larger area which includes the towns of Atherton , Ashton-in-Makerfield , Golborne , Hindley , Ince-in-Makerfield , Leigh and Tyldesley . The borough also covers the villages and suburbs of Abram , Aspull , Astley , Bryn , Hindley Green , Lowton , Mosley Common , Orrell , Pemberton , Shevington , Standish , Winstanley and Worsley Mesnes . The borough
540-503: Is also the second-most populous district in Greater Manchester. The borough was formed in 1974, replacing several former local government districts. It is the furthest west part of Greater Manchester, and it is bordered by the Greater Manchester boroughs of City of Salford and Bolton to the east, the Cheshire borough of Warrington to the south, the Merseyside borough of St Helens to
600-519: Is home to the Aspull Olympic Wrestling Club , known internationally as "The Snake Pit", one of the last gyms to teach authentic catch wrestling. Bibliography 'Townships: Aspull', A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 4 (1911), pp. 118–22. [REDACTED] Media related to Aspull at Wikimedia Commons Metropolitan Borough of Wigan The Metropolitan Borough of Wigan
660-490: Is managed by TfGM and serves the far north-western part of the borough. There is a campaign for Golborne railway station and Kenyon Junction station to be re-opened. The Liverpool-Manchester line ( Chat Moss route) crosses the far south of the borough but has no railway station since the 60's after Kenyon Junction railway station , Astley railway station , Lamb's Cottage railway station , Flow Moss railway station and Glazebury and Bury Lane railway station closed. Leigh
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#1733084557542720-462: Is on the West Coast Main Line served by Northern and Avanti West Coast . There are services to Liverpool Lime Street , Blackpool North , London Euston , Birmingham , Glasgow and Edinburgh . Other stations in the borough are Atherton , Hag Fold, Bryn , Gathurst , Hindley , Ince , Orrell , and Pemberton . Appley Bridge railway station just outside the border with West Lancashire
780-789: Is one of the largest towns in the UK without a railway station. Westleigh station, on the Bolton and Leigh Railway , closed in 1954. Leigh and Tyldesley stations on the Tyldesley Loopline were closed in 1969. The Leeds and Liverpool and Bridgewater canals meet in Leigh town centre. The M6 motorway crosses the west of the borough, and serves Ashton-in-Makerfield at junctions 23 and 24 (north only) and 25 (south only), Wigan at junction 25 (south only), Wigan/Orrell at junction 26 and Standish junction 27. The M58 motorway , to Liverpool , terminates at junction 26 of
840-413: Is only a few yards further distant. Hindley has the more frequent service, whilst Blackrod has the faster service to Manchester. Whilst having colliery (goods) railways Aspull has never had a central railway station of its own. There was, however, on the line from Wigan to Chorley (via Hindley), a station named Dicconson Lane & Aspull some distance from Aspull; that was closed in 1956, before closure of
900-445: Is situated on a ridge of high land which rises to 370 feet and runs north to south across the township, near the river the land is between 120 and 160 feet. In the village, the area of Standish lies to the south (covering 1,696 acres), and the area of Langtree to the north (covering 1,568 acres) – historically some considered them to be separate townships. Standish-with-Langtree is a total of 3,264 acres (5.1 sq mi). Locally,
960-631: Is the only Wigan ward included in Bolton West, with the rest of the constituency made up of wards from Bolton Borough). New constituency boundaries recommended by the Boundary Commission for the 2010 general election saw the link to Salford broken by the removal of Wigan areas from the Worsley constituency. This resulted in the Worsley constituency wards of Tyldesley and Astley-Mosley Common being placed in
1020-555: The 2004 election following the re-warding - their councilors are for wards in the middle of the borough, between Wigan and Leigh. The Conservative Party had nine seats, and the Liberal Democrats eight. At the 2008 elections Labour was the largest party with 41 seats out of a total of 75; the Conservative Party had 14 seats, Community Action Party eight seats, Independent seven seats, Liberal Democrats four seats, and one
1080-1009: The City of Salford to the east. Outwith Greater Manchester, in the south it borders Warrington (a unitary authority in Cheshire ); to the south-west it borders the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens in Merseyside . To the west it borders the West Lancashire borough, and to the north it borders the Chorley borough, both in Lancashire . Wigan borough has seven Local Nature Reserves : including Wigan Flashes LNR, Borsdane Wood LNR, between Hindley and Aspull, Greenslate Water Meadows LNR within Orrell Water Park in Orrell, Low Hall LNR between Hindley and Platt Bridge, Pennington Flash LNR, Kirkless LNR at Ince and Three Sisters LNR, Ashton-In-Makerfield. For 12 years from
1140-492: The Coal Authority provided a passive treatment plant in a scheme costing £750,000. Work was undertaken by Ascot Environmental who built a pumping station, pipelines, settlement lagoons, reedbeds and landscaped the site. The scheme has improved the water quality removing the discolouration and allowed fish to populate the brook. The coal-mining tradition lives on in the name of the "Collier's Arms" pub on Wigan Road, which has
1200-542: The Leigh Constituency with the Atherton ward becoming part of Bolton West. Makerfield is the only constituency to have returned Labour MPs continuously since 1906. Wigan council's new coat of arms is based on various elements from the arms of the councils of its predecessor districts. With a population of around 300,000, Wigan is the second most populous borough of Greater Manchester, after Manchester . It has one of
1260-614: The Local Government Act 1972 , the Standish-with-Langtree Urban District was abolished, and Standish has, since 1 April 1974, formed an unparished area of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan , a local government district of the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester . For electoral purposes, the village is within the Standish With Langtree Ward . The residents' group Standish Voice ,
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#17330845575421320-497: The Poor Law which made use of premises on Frog Lane, Wigan and Hindley. Standish-with-Langtree became a local board of health established in 1872; Standish-with-Langtree Local Board of Health was a regulatory body responsible for standards of hygiene and sanitation in the township. Following the Local Government Act 1894 , the area of the local board became an urban district within the administrative county of Lancashire. Under
1380-524: The West Pennine Moors . It has a population of 4,977. Aspull was once a centre of mining and textile manufacture , though little evidence of this can be seen in the village today. Haigh Country Park estate lies to the west. The earliest notice of Aspull is that contained in the survey of 1212, when, as one plough-land, it formed part of the Childwall fee held by Richard son of Robert de Lathom, under
1440-644: The 20th century. However, several of its wood-panelled interiors survive, most of which were transported to the US. The Standish family were the main coal owners in the area, with their estate being mined since the 14th century. Coal mining in the area increased during the Industrial Revolution . During 1865–66, the Standish collieries were merged into the Wigan Coal and Iron Company . By 1896, Wigan Coal & Iron owned
1500-778: The Broomfield, Giant's Hall, Gidlow, John, Langtree, Robin Hill, Swire and Taylor Pits. The largest of these was the Langtree Pit with over 540 employees. In 1900 the two 20 ft shafts of Wigan Coal's Victoria Colliery were sunk. This would continue to operate until its closure by the National Coal Board in 1958. It is now a housing estate. Standish is 3 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (5.2 km) north-by-northwest of Wigan, 19 miles north-west of Manchester , and 18 miles north-east of Liverpool . The A49 trunk road passes through
1560-463: The Council's political composition is: Labour 60, Conservatives 7, Independent 4, Independent Network 2, Shevington Independents 1, and Standish Independents 1. The council uses Wigan Town Hall as its main headquarters. Leigh Town Hall is used as a secondary base. The borough is divided into 25 electoral wards, each of which elect three councillors. The present wards were adopted in 2023, following
1620-616: The Locality at the centre of the Borough consists of Ashton, Bryn, Abram, Platt Bridge, Hindley and Hindley Green with all areas to the northwest forming a locality centred on Wigan and all areas to the southwest forming one centred on Leigh. However two Town Centre Managers were appointed in Wigan and Leigh primarily to act as liaisons between the Council and local business. The borough has three civil parishes: Haigh, Shevington and Worthington. The rest of
1680-692: The M6 near Orrell. The dual carriageway A580 East Lancashire Road linking Liverpool to Manchester crosses the south of the borough.The A579 runs from Bolton to the M6 via Atherleigh Way, which runs from the west of Atherton, bypassing Leigh town centre to reach the East Lancashire Road at the Warrington border. The Metropolitan Borough of Wigan has one twin town in France – Angers in the Pays de la Loire . The arrangement
1740-532: The Metropolitan Borough of Wigan has existed since 1974, figures have been generated by combining data from the towns, villages, and civil parishes that became constituent parts of the borough. The population of the borough has remained roughly static since the 1970s at around 300,000, second to Manchester within Greater Manchester. The ONS identify the Wigan Built-up Area as the western part of
1800-755: The adjacent Ince by the families of Ince and Gerard in succession; until Aspull was sold to the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres , lord of Haigh . Hindley Hall, in Aspull, the residence of the Hindleys, became the property of James, a younger son of Robert Dukinfield of Cheshire . In the 18th century it was acquired by the Leighs of Whitley Hall, Wigan , and Sir Robert Holt Leigh lived here till his death in 1843. His estates then passed for life to his cousin Thomas Pemberton , who took
1860-457: The area. There are 22 Listed buildings in Standish , including one with a Grade I listing and two at Grade II*. St Wilfrid's Parish Church is the only building with a Grade I listing in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan. In the Market Place in front of the church is a late medieval cross , stone stocks and a 14th-century well. Standish has the 22-acre Ashfield Park which contains
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1920-611: The border with St Helen’s. The entirety of the Wigan borough forms part of the Manchester Larger Urban Zone Public transport in Wigan MBC is co-ordinated by Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM). The borough is served by an extensive bus network with most services operated by Stagecoach Manchester , Arriva North West First Greater Manchester and Diamond North West . There are two major bus stations in both Wigan and Leigh town centres. Services operate from
1980-500: The borough council were held on 10 May 1973. The Metropolitan Borough Council is divided into 25 wards, each of which elects three councillors. Elections are by thirds, with one councillor from each ward up for re-election in each election year. The borough council has a leader and cabinet system. The current leader is David Molyneux who took over from Peter Smith , who resigned in May 2018, having been leader since 1991. The council rejected
2040-496: The borough is an unparished area . Church of England ecclesiastical parishes in the west of the borough are part of the Diocese of Liverpool , those in the east of the Metropolitan Borough are part of the Diocese of Manchester and the northern section part of the Diocese of Blackburn . The Wigan Metropolitan Borough is currently covered by four parliamentary constituencies, Wigan , Makerfield , Leigh , and Bolton West . (Atherton
2100-482: The borough. Wigan Wallgate railway station is served by Northern trains on the Manchester to Southport and Kirkby lines. There are services to stations towards Manchester, serving all city centre stations including Manchester Victoria and Manchester Piccadilly via two routes: one through Bolton and one via Atherton , with connections to other local and national destinations. Wigan North Western railway station
2160-506: The bus stations to Bolton, Manchester, the Trafford Centre , St Helens and Chorley, as well as local inter-urban routes, with three high frequency services between Wigan and Leigh bus stations , operated by Stagecoach Manchester. Leigh, Atherton and Tyldesley are also served by the high frequency Vantage services, via a guided busway, connecting the towns to Central Manchester in 30-40 minutes outside of peaks. Several railway lines cross
2220-553: The centre of the town, on its way from Wigan to Chorley . Standish is served by Junction 27 of the M6 motorway , which is to the west of the town. The West Coast Main Line is on the eastern side of the town, around a mile from the centre. The River Douglas and Bradley Brook form the boundary on the eastern side of Standish. Mill Brook, which flows into the Douglas, forms the western boundary. Standish
2280-647: The creation of Greater Manchester in 1974, the borough had a two-tier system of local government , and Wigan Council shared power with the Greater Manchester County Council . The county council was abolished in 1986 by the Local Government Act 1985 . Since April 2011, some of the borough's responsibilities have been pooled with neighbouring authorities and subsumed into the Greater Manchester Combined Authority , which covers ten boroughs including Wigan. The first elections to
2340-550: The district, as well as Skelmersdale and Upholland in West Lancashire , with a population of 166,840. It considers towns in the east of the borough, Hindley, Leigh, Golborne, Atherton and Tyldesley to be part of the Greater Manchester Built-up Area . Aspull and Shevington are identified as standalone urban areas and Ashton-in-Makerfield is considered to be part of the Liverpool Built-up area , sitting at
2400-699: The entire line to passengers in 1960 and to goods in 1966. The town's rugby union club, Aspull RFC, currently fields 3 senior teams. The 1stXV plays in the Counties 1 ADM Lancashire & Cheshire, the 2nd XV plays in the Group 1 of the ADM Combination league and the 3rd XV play in NOWIRUL Simply Lifetime Mortgages Division 3 Central of Halbro NW Leagues.Also Aspull juniors FC who have 22 age related teams and an excellent girls section. The town
2460-630: The historic county boundaries of Lancashire since the early 12th century, Standish emerged as a township in the Middle Ages but by the mid-19th century was united with neighbouring Langtree, as Standish-with-Langtree . The township was in the larger Standish ecclesiastical parish . Following the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 , Standish-with-Langtree formed part of the Wigan Poor Law Union , an inter-parish unit established to administer
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2520-522: The idea of a directly elected mayor following a consultation in 2001. The Metropolitan Borough of Wigan is traditionally a Labour Party stronghold - the council has been Labour-controlled since its creation. The local elections in 1998 resulted in a council with only two non-Labour members. Labour had a majority with 43 seats at the 2006 election. The second-largest party was the local Community Action Party which had 15 seats. Community Action first contested Wigan elections in 2002, and won 18 seats in
2580-568: The largest party with 58 seats out of 75, the Independent Councillor group with 8 seats form the official opposition, the Conservative Party had 5 seats, the Liberal Democrats hold 2 seats, Community Action Party 1 seat and 1 Independent councillor. In May 2012 (post 2012 Local Elections) the composition of the council was Labour 63 (+5), Others 9 (-1), Liberal Democrats 2 (No change) and Conservatives 1 ( -4). Presently in May 2018,
2640-555: The local surnames, Standish and Langtree. From the 13th century, the Standish family were Lords of the Manor of Standish and owned the Standish Hall and estates. The male line ended in 1755 with the death of Ralph Standish, and the estate was passed down through female lines until it was broken up in 1920. Standish Hall, whose oldest part dated from 1574, was demolished in stages during
2700-425: The lord of Manchester. The fee was a composite one of 6½ plough-lands (of which Aspull formed one), held chiefly by Richard de Lathom, and partly by Roger de Samlesbury and Alexander de Harwood. In 1302 Richard de Ince , as son and heir of Henry de Sefton , and Adam de Hindley , were found to hold Aspull, as the eighth part of a knight's fee, directly of Thomas Grelley. From this time the lordship has been held with
2760-425: The lowest ethnic minority populations, with the 2001 census reporting 98.7% of the population as white. Unemployment is around the average for England and Wales. Approximately 9.5% of the population was recorded as being permanently sick or disabled compared to a national average of 5.5%. The table details the population change since 1801, including the percentage change since the last available census data. Although
2820-403: The name of Leigh, and made Hindley Hall his residence; he was raised to the peerage as Baron Kingsdown in 1858. The hearth tax roll of 1666 shows that 135 hearths were charged. The most considerable houses were those of Richard Green, nine hearths; Peter Orrell and James Dukinfield, eight each; Major Rigby and Thomas Molyneux, seven each; and Edward Gleast, six. St. Elizabeth 's C of E Church
2880-413: The new metropolitan borough be named Makerfield . However, both names were rejected by a vote of 12 to 2. According to an opinion poll in 2003, 26% of 299 residents surveyed felt they belonged "very strongly" or "fairly strongly" (4% very strongly) to Greater Manchester, 64% (28% very strongly) to the borough of Wigan, and 63% (31% very strongly) to Lancashire. The metropolitan borough was created from
2940-660: The parish of Seneley Green , the Golborne Urban District except for the parish of Culcheth and Glazebury in Warrington, the Higher End part of Billinge and Winstanley Urban District and the civil parishes of Haigh , Shevington and Worthington from the Wigan Rural District were included. Before its creation, the name Wigan-Leigh was used in the Redcliffe-Maud Report . It was also suggested that
3000-604: The south west, and the Lancashire boroughs of West Lancashire to the west and Chorley to the north. Wigan metropolitan borough was created on 1 April 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 . It was formed from the former county borough of Wigan along with other local government units from the administrative county of Lancashire . These were the Municipal Borough of Leigh , the urban districts of Abram, Aspull, Atherton , Hindley , Ince-in-Makerfield, Orrell , Standish and Tyldesley . Ashton-in-Makerfield except for
3060-559: The town was 13,278 in the 2011 census . Formed around a crossroads, the town has grown as urban expansion between Manchester and Liverpool extends outwards. St Wilfrid's Church is a Grade I listed parish church . The name Standish is derived from the Old English stan , meaning stone, and edisc , a park or enclosure. It has been variously recorded as Stanedis in 1206, Stanediss in 1219, Standissh, Stanedich and Stanedissh in 1292 and Standisch in 1330. The adjoining village of Langtree
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#17330845575423120-399: The township belonging the Wigan Coal and Iron Company employed over 1,000 workers. Aspull's long history of mining left a legacy of old mineshafts, water drainage tunnels ( soughs ) and abandoned mine workings. The Great Haigh Sough in Haigh Country Park discharged iron rich minewater into the Yellow Brook discolouring the brook and River Douglas downstream with ochre deposits. In 2004
3180-419: The village of Shevington is 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (2.4 km) to the west, with the area of Shevington Moor to the north-west (near Langtree), and Standish Lower Ground , a distinct and separate community, is 1 + 3 ⁄ 4 miles (2.8 km) to the south-west. Standish has soil and subsoil of clay and the underlying rocks are the coal measures of the Lancashire Coalfield . Standish has
3240-400: Was built in 1882 by Roger Leigh. The patronage is vested in trustees. There are two Methodist chapels. In 1858 the Roman Catholic church of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception was erected. Cannel coal was found in Aspull. There were several large collieries dating back to the 18th century, also malt kilns and a cotton mill . In 1896 the Crawford, Kirkless, Moor and Woodshaw Pits in
3300-466: Was dedicated to the men of Standish lost in the First World War; with further inscriptions added after WWII. In the south of the village is Gidlow Cemetery, which was founded in 1948. Standish is on the Wigan to Chorley bus route, with the Bee Network 632 stopping every 20 minutes. It is also served by the hourly Wigan to Preston Stagecoach Manchester 111 bus and the hourly 640 and 641 Standish Circular busses operated by Bee Network . The village
3360-432: Was established in 1988. The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the Borough of Wigan. Standish, Greater Manchester Standish is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan , Greater Manchester , England. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire , it is on the A49 road between Chorley and Wigan , near Junction 27 of the M6 motorway . The population of
3420-475: Was formed in July 2014. In May 2015, it was designated as the Neighbourhood Forum for Standish, with the aim of creating a Neighbourhood Plan for the village. Following a Neighbourhood Referendum on 18 July 2019, Standish Neighbourhood Plan 2015–2030 was adopted into the development plan for Wigan borough (with 94.5% voting in favour). The legally-binding document covers the use and development of land; and guides future development, regeneration and conservation of
3480-444: Was formerly served by two railway stations: Standish railway station to the north and Boar's Head railway station to the south. Both were on the West Coast Main Line and closed in 1949. Standish was also historically served by trams, run by Wigan Corporation Tramways , which ceased operation in 1931. Standish has a number of footpaths and cycling routes, such as the Standish Mineral Line. Locally known as 'The Line', it underwent
3540-455: Was recorded as Langetre in 1206 and Longetre in 1330. A Roman road passed through the township. Standish and Langtree were part of the Penwortham barony in the 12th century, and between 1150 and 1164, Richard Bussel, Lord of Penwortham gave them to his brother-in-law Richard Spileman. In 1212 Thurstan Banastre held them and later they were held by William de Ferrers Earl of Derby, and then by 'the lords of Leylandshire '. The tenants adopted
3600-400: Was vacant. In November 2010 (after elections in May), Labour was the largest party with 51 seats out of a total of 75; the Conservative Party had eight seats, Independents seven seats, Community Action Party four seats, Liberal Democrats three seats (one member currently suspended) and two members were 'Independent Conservative'. As of June 2011 (after May elections), Labour continued to be
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