IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Sussex Close, WIGAN, WN1 2TN
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Sussex Close, WN1 2TN by members of the Geograph project.
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Image Listing (23 Images Found)
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Old Milepost by the A5106, Chorley Road, Standish parish
Cast iron post by the A5106, in parish of STANDISH (WIGAN District), Chorley Road; Worthington; opposite junction with Devon Drive, on grassed area, on East side of road. Wigan fan iron casting, erected by the Wigan & Preston (south of Yarrow) turnpike trust in the 19th century.
Inscription reads:-
LANGTREE.
3 MILES TO WIGAN.
5¼ MILES TO CHORLEY.
1837
Maker:-
HAIGH FOUNDRY
Grade II listed.
List Entry Number: 1228467 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1228467
Milestone Society National ID: LA_WGCY03.
Image: © M Faherty
Taken: 23 Aug 2008
0.11 miles
4
Whelley Loop Line 2
This is where the old Whelley Loop line rejoined the West Coast Main Railway Line north of Wigan. This was an avoiding line around Wigan effectively creating a 4 line section (two through the town and 2 around the loop). It was lifted in the mid 1970's. Viewed looking south.
Image: © David Ashcroft
Taken: 8 Mar 2008
0.12 miles
5
Chorley Road/Rectory lane Junction
Mini-roundabout at the junction of Chorley Road (A5106) and Rectory Lane (B5239), Standish.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 25 Sep 2010
0.14 miles
6
Whelley Loop Line
This is where the old Whelley Loop line rejoined the West Coast Main Railway Line north of Wigan. This was an avoiding line around Wigan effectively creating a 4 line section (two through the town and 2 around the loop). It was lifted in the mid 1970's.
Image: © David Ashcroft
Taken: 8 Mar 2008
0.14 miles
8
The boundary of the Hundreds of Leyland and West Derby
The River Douglas often causes flooding down in Wigan itself. Just visible across the stream, with a grey box on the left-hand bank, is what appears to be a device for measuring its levels up here to give warning down below.
Image: © David Long
Taken: 14 Nov 2008
0.14 miles
9
Old Boundary Marker by the A5106, Chorley Road, Standish Parish
Parish Boundary Marker by the A5106, in parish of Standish (Wigan District), Chorley Road, Worthington, South West parapet of bridge, 50m North of junction with Rectory Lane.
Inscription defaced.
Surveyed
Milestone Society National ID: LA_WGCY03pb
Image: © Milestone Society
Taken: Unknown
0.14 miles
10
Old Boundary Marker by the B5239, Worthington
Parish Boundary Marker by the B5239, in parish of Standish (Wigan District), Worthington, 10m East of the junction with the A5106 on South West bridge parapet.
Inscription reads:- : LEYLAND HUNDRED / STANDISH :
Surveyed
Milestone Society National ID: LA_STAHAI01pb.
Image: © Philip Platt
Taken: 14 Aug 2013
0.15 miles