Collected Item: “Archives: Wigan & Leigh”
Organisation Name
Archives: Wigan & Leigh
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Archives: Wigan & Leigh collects, preserves and shares 800 years of history relating to all aspects of life in the Wigan borough. Housed in newly refurbished strongrooms in the Grade II listed Leigh Town Hall, our collections include:
- First World War military tribunal records: one of only a handful of such collections to have survived anywhere in the country.
-The Edward Hall Diary Collection: a near-unique source of life writing from the 17th to the 20th Centuries.
- Lancashire and Cheshire coalfield relief records: documenting industrial history beyond our borough
Our public engagement work includes school workshops, strongroom tours and reminiscence sessions in care homes, which are now gaining national recognition.
- First World War military tribunal records: one of only a handful of such collections to have survived anywhere in the country.
-The Edward Hall Diary Collection: a near-unique source of life writing from the 17th to the 20th Centuries.
- Lancashire and Cheshire coalfield relief records: documenting industrial history beyond our borough
Our public engagement work includes school workshops, strongroom tours and reminiscence sessions in care homes, which are now gaining national recognition.
Website Link
https://www.wigan.gov.uk/Resident/Museums-archives/Wigan-Archives/index.aspx
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https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sector/our-archives-sector-role/celebrating-archives/a-year-in-archives/a-year-in-archives-2024/case-studies/ https://archives.wigan.gov.uk/
Facebook account (URL)
https://www.facebook.com/ArchivesWiganLeigh
YouTube account (URL)
https://www.youtube.com/@ArchivesWiganLeigh/videos