There were two shafts at this colliery, located on the South East of Standish, approximately 100ft to one side of the main railway line from London to Glasgow. Sinking commenced at North Pit on 15th May, 1900; a man named Cowburn being the sinker. The first brick was laid on 24th May, Queen Victorias birthday.
1963 AD Standish Although the Pemberton seams near the outcrops in the Standish Village area had been worked to a small extent during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and although a considerable portion of the Pemberton 4ft Seam was worked from the old Robin Hill Pit in the middle of the 19th century,
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In 1479 there was a quarrel between the Gerard family of Bryn and the Standish and Langtree families. The trouble seems to have flared up in Wigan on Easter Monday between members of these families backed by their retainers. There were some broken heads, but by May 10th Sir Thomas Gerard of Bryn had given
In 1415 a John de Standysshe is recorded as being present at Agincourt. He was probably the brother of Ralph Standish, who held the Manor between 1396 and 1418. Others Standishes concerned in the French Wars were: Thomas, who fell sick at Harfleur, Sir Hugh and Christopher, both of the Duxbury branch, and Sir Rowland
William and his wife Alianore had at least two children. There may have been others but no record remains. It was a feature of the times that many children did not survive to maturity and their short lives were not recorded. In 1304 William claimed the advowson of the church at Wigan alleging that an
In 1535 Ralph Standish made a will, the text of which follows: “In Dei nomine Amen the XVIIth day of the moneth of September in the yere of our lord god MCCCCCXXXV, I, Rauf Standissh squier beying in perfite and gud mynde and remembrance make my Testament in maner and form as folowith. That is
At about this time it appears to have become general practice for the ‘de’ to be dropped from the names of landed families and from now on we do not find it used by the Standishes. Ralph Standish married Margery, daughter and co-heir of Richard Radcliffe of Chadderton. His wife brought him land in Chadderton,
Henry de Standish was succeeded by his son, Ralph, who inherited the manor of Standish and the advowson of the Church, holding them of the Lords of Leyland. He also inherited a quarter part of the manor of Shevington, which he held of Sir Nicholas Harrington. The tenure of the manors of Standish and Langtree