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Aspull, is a village lying northeast of Wigan in Greater Manchester, England. separated from Westhoughton by a brook running through Borsdane Wood to the east, but has no marked physical separation from the other neighbouring settlements. The ground rises from south to north, reaching 400 feet, and boasts views towards Winter Hill and the West Pennine Moors. Image File history File links Dot4gb. ...
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Location within the British Isles Westhoughton is a small former mining and cotton town which lies between Bolton and Wigan. ...
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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. Map sources for Haigh, Wigan at grid reference SD605090 Haigh, Wigan, (pronounced Hay), is a village next to the village of Aspull, on the outskirts of Wigan in Greater Manchester, United Kingdom. ...
Geography and administration
The principal road is to the north-west, going through New Springs to Wigan. The road goes off to Blackrod, or branches through Pennington Green leading to Hindley and Westhoughton, or to Haigh. The Lancaster Canal passes through the western corner of the township. Aspull Moor lies in the northern half of the village.
History
Early history 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 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 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. Map sources for Haigh, Wigan at grid reference SD605090 Haigh, Wigan, (pronounced Hay), is a village next to the village of Aspull, on the outskirts of Wigan in Greater Manchester, United Kingdom. ...
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 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 CofE Church was built in 1882 by Mr. Roger Leigh. The patronage is vested in trustees. There are two Methodist chapels. In 1858 the RC church of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception was erected.
Coal "Cannel coal" was found in Aspull. There were several large collieries dating back to the 1700’s, also malt kilns and a cotton mill. Aspull's long history of mining left a legacy of old mineshafts, water drainage tunnels (soughs) and abandoned mine workings.
One such ‘sough’ in Haigh Country Park for many years discharged iron rich minewater into the "Yellow Brook" causing significant deterioration in the aquatic fauna and flora smothering the brook and River Douglas some 460m downstream with ochre deposits. Map sources for Haigh, Wigan at grid reference SD605090 Haigh, Wigan, (pronounced Hay), is a village next to the village of Aspull, on the outskirts of Wigan in Greater Manchester, United Kingdom. ...
The Coal Authority acquired part of the former Alexandra opencast site for a passive treatment scheme with a ‘window of opportunity’ existing to share access to the site with the Cannon Sharples C of E Primary School development.
Ascot Environmental Ltd worked on the £0.75M project to construct a pumping station, twin pipelines, 3 settlement lagoons, 3 reedbeds and extensive landscaping. The scheme was completed in Summer 2004 and provides the benefits of:-
- Improving the water quality in the Yellow Brook and River Douglas, as a result, removing the visual impact of the discolouration within the Haigh Country Park.
- Reducing the impact on wildlife by allowing invertebrate / fauna to thrive, allowing fish to populate the brook once more.
- Improving the public amenity of the area by removing unsightly iron ochre deposits.
The project included the careful translocation of rare Marsh Orchids to specially prepared landscaped areas. The completed treatment scheme with developing wildlife habitat, public access, information boards, forms a valuable local amenity and school learning experience for the Aspull community whilst enhancing the wider Country Park. Map sources for Haigh, Wigan at grid reference SD605090 Haigh, Wigan, (pronounced Hay), is a village next to the village of Aspull, on the outskirts of Wigan in Greater Manchester, United Kingdom. ...
Reference 'Townships: Aspull', A History of the County of Lancashire: Volume 4 (1911), pp. 118-22.
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External links - Aspull GENUKI [1]
- Aspull Village [2]
- Wigan World [3]
- Aspull Broadband [4]
- All about Aspull [5]
- Aspull Pubs [6]
- Aspull Church Primary School [7]
- Aspull Civic Hall [8]
- Aspull Olympic Wrestling Club [9]
- Aspull RUFC [10]
- Haigh Country Park [11]
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