"Old Wigan" part 2...

Here is some more pictures of Wigan and the surounding area....



Haigh Hall...






Here is a picure of an old in on Market Palace and here is some infomation on it:

WE illustrate above one of the old inns of Wigan, "The Queen's Head," which
stood in the Market Place. It is one of the 68 Inns listed in "Whitehouse's
History of Wigan, 1829," and although perhaps not so famous as the old "Dog" Inn
(where Lord Derby slept the night after the Battle of Wigan Lane, 25th August,
1651), it is a typical example of the Inns of the period. These Inns were famous
for their hospitality as witness the following account of a "Visit of three
Gentlemen of Norwich." in 1634, which is quoted from "Travellers' Tales of
Wigan," by Rev. T. C. Porteus.

Not an old picture but one of the oldest pubs in the town, The John Bull Chophouse was built in the 1700's....

here is some infomation on it:

The pub is 4 old cottages knocked through and was a seafood shop, dating back to the 1700's and as such is an architectural curiosity, full of sloping floors and ceilings and old style brick work