Places: Wigan Parish Church

(See Hundreds And Parishes for background of Parish organisation)

All Saints Church is the parish church of Wigan, usually referred to as Wigan Parish Church. Its origins are in the 13th Century but was rebuilt between 1845 and 1850.

For more information see Wikipedia, Lancashire Online Parish Clerks, Wigan Building Preservation Trust and Wigan Archeological Society.

The odd ancestor was married or buried in Wigan Parish Church, usually early, before separate parishes were created.

The church is still the main church of Wigan.

In the churchyard is the Cenotaph which records Wigan residents killed in the World Wars of the 20th Century.