Making of Wigan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fletcher, Mike.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wigan (England)--Guidebooks.

Wigan (England)--History.

Wigston (England)--Social life and customs.

Local Subjects:

Wigan (England)--Guidebooks.

Wigan (England)--History.

Wigston (England)--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

: Wharncliffe, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Making of Wigan summarises the evolution, and highlights the significant changes, in one of Lancashire's most important town's, from Roman origins through to modern times. Tribute is paid to the resilience and determination of Wiganer's in time of adversity, particularly during the English Civil War and when dealing with the Trauma of two World Wars.The town's prosperity and economy expanded during much of the nineteenth century, helped by coal and cotton, but also saw mixed fortunes, as Wigan experienced poverty and unemployment alongside the decline of its traditional industries. In more

Contents:

""THE MAKING OF Series""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""INTRODUCTION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""ESTABLISHING THE TOWN""; ""Roman Wigan""; ""A Transitional Period""; ""The Barony of Makerfield""; ""The Medieval Parish""; ""The Legend of Mab�s Cross""; ""Development of the Town""; ""Tudor Wigan""; ""The Reign of Edward VI""; ""Elizabethan Wigan""; ""TIMES OF CONFLICT""; ""Skirmishes""; ""The Siege of Wigan""; ""The Second Campaign""; ""The Battle of Wigan Lane""; ""The Jacobites of Standish Hall""; ""Jacobite Rebellions""; ""The Great War""

""The Second World War""""3 - THE TRANSPORT HUB""; ""Roads and Turnpikes""; ""The Douglas Navigation""; ""The Lancaster Canal""; ""Linking the Canals""; ""The Railway Age: the Wigan Branch Line""; ""Wigan�s Railway Mania""; ""Expansion of the network""; ""Wigan�s Railway Stations""; ""The Railway�s Effect on the Canals""; ""The Transport Hub�s Demise""; ""4 - A TOWN BUILT ON COAL""; ""Early Mining""; ""Wigan�s Victorian Collieries""; ""Working Conditions""; ""Strikes""; ""Accidents""; ""Mining Developments""; ""5 - THE STORY OF SPINDLE TOWN""; ""Creation of the Mill Town""

""Luddites and Radicals""""Halcyon days of the Cotton Industry""; ""Working Conditions""; ""The Plug-pulling Riots of 1842""; ""Wigan�s Mills""; ""The Cotton Famine""; ""Twentieth Century Cotton""; ""6 - VICTORIAN IMPROVEMENTS""; ""Law & Order""; ""Housing""; ""Public Health""; ""Utilities""; ""Local Government""; ""Libraries and Education""; ""Town Centre Development""; ""From tiny acorns grow �""; ""Birth of the Trams""; ""Leisure & Recreation""; ""Origins of a rugby town""; ""7 - THE DECLINE AND FALL OF KING COAL""; ""The Maypole Colliery Disaster""; ""A Period of Dispute""

""Amalgamation""""The National Coal Board""; ""The 1960s: Boom and Pit Closures""; ""The Energy Crisis""; ""The 1984 � 85 Miners� Strike""; ""The End of an Era""; ""The Miners� Legacy""; ""8 - TWENTIETH CENTURY PROGRESS""; ""Poverty & Politics""; ""Housing""; ""Education""; ""Industrial Changes""; ""Town Centre Development""; ""Leisure & Recreation""; ""Growth of Rugby League""; ""Local Government Changes: Wigan out of Lancashire""; ""EPILOGUE""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781783035885

1783035889

OCLC:

854975033