Wigan based quiz

What is Highgate now known as?

What is Watergate now known as?

What does 'Wiend' mean?

What is Robbing lane (Robin lane) now called?

What is the alternative name for Poolstock lane?

What was 'Beggars walk'?

What are Higher Gullet and lower Gullet known as now?

Where was 'Cabbage lane'?

One for Joseph:
What was the name of the man who hid himself under the floorboards of his house in Higher Ince for 8 years thinking the Police were looking for him.

Blimey, some stinkers here!!!!!!!!!!!

It seems I’m not that well up on Wigan

Q3 What does 'Wiend' mean? = I would say a wind, winding, or alley.

Quite right. Wiend means Alley.

I know the Ince one if Joseph doesn't see this.

He posted it on a thread somewhere, Momac.

I read it in the 'Past Forward' Mac.

Ah!
I think we have every edition of Past Forward on one of the boards, Momac. Some fine reading to be had.

I used to get them from the Library and also read them I think on here.

I seem to remember the following fact :-

"The Wiend is the highest street in Wigan Town centre."

We had to swat it up for a General Studies test when I was

at Wigan Mining and Technical College on Parson's Walk.

Ormskirk Rd I think was called Robbing Lane. Answer locked in

Was Cabbage Walk around Upper Dickinson Street?? And I think Higher and Lower Gullet could be in Aspull, Bolton Road.???

Answers so far:
What is Highgate now known as?

What is Watergate now known as?

What does 'Wiend' mean? Alley

What is Robbing lane (Robin lane) now called? Ormskirk Rd, Pem

What is the alternative name for Poolstock lane? Fairbrother Lane

What was 'Beggars walk'?

What are Higher Gullet and lower Gullet known as now? Bolton Rd. Aspull

Where was 'Cabbage lane'?

One for Joseph:
What was the name of the man who hid himself under the floorboards of his house in Higher Ince for 8 years thinking the Police were looking for him.

Mac, what a brilliant quiz. When you think, when the Romans were here, there would be no buildings in Wigan and when they where situated at the top of the Wiend they could see everything around them and they were near the Dougie, it was perfect. They have found Roman remains in the Wiend. Wigan was called Cocium then.

Poolstock Lane was Fairbrother Lane. Fairbrother house was opposite the Tesco Express store.

Answers so far:
What is Highgate now known as?

What is Watergate now known as?

What does 'Wiend' mean? Alley

What is Robbing lane (Robin lane) now called? Ormskirk Rd, Pem

What is the alternative name for Poolstock lane? Fairbrother Lane

What was 'Beggars walk'?

What are Higher Gullet and lower Gullet known as now? Bolton Rd. Aspull

Where was 'Cabbage lane'?

One for Joseph:
What was the name of the man who hid himself under the floorboards of his house in Higher Ince for 8 years thinking the Police were looking for him.

I know Beggar's Walk is sometimes called Badger's Walk

Near the WCML at Whitley, not far from where Whitley high School was

Hmm....Is that anywhere near Leyland Mill lane?
Or Gidlow lane?

I have met the man who lived under the floorboards loads of times over the years, as a customer of mine, his wife even more, the last time only a few weeks ago (wife) and I was quite shocked when I found out about him living under the floorboards and they don't live in Ince any more, in fact they have lived where they live now for getting on for the nearly thirty years I have known them to be there and that is no where near Ince (higher or lower)

Answer:

What is Highgate now known as? Manchester Rd, Higher Ince

What is Watergate now known as? Chorley Lane, Wrightington

What does 'Wiend' mean? Alley

What is Robbing lane (Robin lane) now called? Ormskirk Rd, Pem

What is the alternative name for Poolstock lane? Fairbrother Lane

What was 'Beggars walk'? A path that joined Gidlow Lane with Wigan Lane opposite the junction with Leyland Mill Lane.

What are Higher Gullet and lower Gullet known as now? Bolton Rd. Aspull

Where was 'Cabbage lane'? Cabbage lane roughly followed the path of Wrightington St.

One for Joseph:
What was the name of the man who hid himself under the floorboards of his house in Higher Ince for 8 years thinking the Police were looking for him. Norman Green