Standish (Wigan, England)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Standish (Wigan, England)
Coordinates
W0024000 W0024000 N0533500 N0533500 (geonames )
Associated country
Great Britain
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 142144484
Wikidata: Q7598635
Library of congress: nb2004302246
Uk: 005958428
Sources of Information
  • GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 53°35ʹ00ʺN 002°40ʹ00ʺW)
  • Ordnance Survey WWW site, 29 July 2004(Standish, located in Wigan unitary authority; 53°35.3ʹN, 2°39.4ʹW; another place named Standish in Gloucestershire)
  • Standish corn-mills and millers, 1995.
  • Ordnance Survey WWW site, 29 July 2004(Standish, located in Wigan unitary authority; 53⁰ 35.3ʹ N, 2⁰ 39.4ʹ W; another place named Standish in Gloucestershire)
  • Barth. gaz. places Brit., 1986(Standish, Greater Manchester; 3 mi./5 km. NW of Wigan)
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Wikipedia description:

Standish is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, it is on the A49 road between Chorley and Wigan, near Junction 27 of the M6 motorway. The population of the town was 13,278 in the 2011 census. Formed around a crossroads, the town has grown as urban expansion between Manchester and Liverpool extends outwards. St Wilfrid's Church is a Grade I listed parish church.

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