using multiple bins and bin men or refuse collectors if you like :)
In industrial term, a containment to collect of waste water or waste oil
About 1/5th of coal came from wigan
The motto of County Borough of Warley is 'Unity and Progress'.
The motto of Kingswood Borough is 'Vigilando Custodimus'.
Metropolitan Borough of Holborn was created in 1900.
Wigan Borough F.C. was created in 1920.
Wigan Borough F.C. ended in 1932.
The motto of Metropolitan Borough of Wigan is 'Progress With Unity'.
Metropolitan Borough of Bolton's population is 00.
The area of Metropolitan Borough of Wigan is 188.19 square kilometers.
Metropolitan Borough of Wigan was created on 1974-04-01.
According to the 2011 Census, there are 317,800 people in the borough of Wigan. This shows a population increase of about 5 percent since the 2001 Census.
Officially GREATER MANCHESTER but sometimes, especially in adresses, mistaken for Lancashire :)
A count of the population of the 'town of Wigan' is not available. However, differing population figures are available which cover larger areas, 'including' Wigan. The population figure for the 'Former County Borough of Wigan' (which includes Wigan PLUS the larger area of Pemberton) is given as 81,203. The population figure for the 'Wigan Urban Area' (which includes many towns, including Skelmersdale, Upholland, Orrell, Pemberton, Ince in Makerfield etc.) is given as 166,840. The population figure for the 'Metropolitan Borough of Wigan' (which is a political area of the Metropolitan County of Greater Manchester consisting of many towns over a large area) is given as 305,000. A purely estimated figure for the 'town of Wigan' itself stands at approximately 28,000. So, we have population figures for Wigan given as 28,000, 82,203, 166,840 and 305,000 .................. hence the need for standardisation!
M. T. Hamilton has written: 'Popular conservatism in the borough of Wigan 1868-1886'
Leigh (population 43,000) is a town within the metropolitan borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester
In industrial term, a containment to collect of waste water or waste oil