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Standish Hall
Standish Hall was an estate and country house, built in 1573, owned by the Standish family in the south-west of Standish, Wigan. No standing structures of the hall remain on the former estate, however, some of its wooden-panel interiors have been preserved elsewhere.
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Shevington High School
Shevington High School is a coeducational secondary school located in Shevington in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester, England.
It is a community school administered by Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council, and offers GCSEs. Graduating students often go on to attend St John Rigby College, Runshaw College, Wigan and Leigh College, Southport College or Winstanley College.
It was founded as a County Secondary School in 1959, as part of Lancashire County Council's Education Expansion Programme, on its site near Stockley Wood where it still is based today. During the 1970s, it became a comprehensive school under the control of Wigan Council after the 1974 local government reorganisation.
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Giant's Hall Farmhouse
Giant's Hall Farmhouse is a Grade II* listed building on Standish Wood Lane in Standish, a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. Historically in Lancashire, it dates from the late 17th century and is considered an important example of vernacular architecture. The farmhouse remains in private ownership.
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Shevington
Shevington is a village and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The population of the Wigan ward called Shevington and Lower Ground had increased to 11,482 at the 2011 Census.
Lying within the historic county boundaries of Lancashire, Shevington lies approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) from Wigan town centre and at the 2001 census had a population of 9,786.
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Boar's Head railway station
Boar's Head railway station served the southern part of the village of Standish.