Westhoughton (UK Parliament constituency)

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Westhoughton was a parliamentary constituency in Lancashire, England. Centred on the former mining and cotton town of Westhoughton, it returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.

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Wigan Rural District

Wigan Rural District was an administrative district in Lancashire, England from 1894 to 1974. The rural district comprised an area to the north, but did not include the town of Wigan. The district was created by the Local Government Act 1894 as the successor to the Wigan Rural Sanitary District. It consisted of six civil parishes: Dalton, Haigh, Parbold, Shevington, Worthington and Wrightington. The contiguous parishes of Haigh and Worthington were separated from the rest of the district by Standish with Langtree Urban District. The rural district was abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 in 1974. Its territory was split between the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester, and the district of West Lancashire, with the parishes of Haigh, Shevington, and Worthington going to Wigan, and the remainder going to West Lancashire district.

Bradley Hall, Standish

Bradley Hall is a Grade II* listed building on Bradley Lane in Standish, a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. Historically part of Lancashire, it is considered one of the most architecturally significant historic buildings in the area. Originally a timber-framed hall and later converted into a public house, Bradley Hall is now used as office accommodation.

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Adlington Hall, Lancashire

Adlington Hall was a Georgian country house, now demolished, in Adlington, Lancashire, England, between Wigan and Chorley. The house was constructed in 1771 of red brick and stone on rising ground. It consisted of two storeys, having a seven-bay frontage with a central three-bay pediment.

Standish railway station

Standish railway station is a closed railway station in Standish, England, situated where the line bridged Rectory Lane (the B5239). Standish was in the historic county of Lancashire.

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