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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Shevington

  

Shevington Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Shevington

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Shevington history

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Toponymy

Shevington, a farmstead near a hill called shevin, derives from the Celtic cevn meaning a ridge. It is a hill slope settlement in the Douglas Valley recorded in documents in 1225 as Shefington. Other recorded spellings include Scheuynton in 1253 and Sheuington in 1277.

Shevington became a manor, an estate system of local government held of the king by a lord of the manor from the 12th to the 18th centuries. The area was included within the ecclesiastical parish of Standish until 1887 when it was granted separate status with the consecration of St Anne’s Church. In Tudor times only a handful of families existed, possibly as few as 30, the population reached 335 by 1764.

Shevington geography / climate

Shevington is built on sloping land between Standish and Wigan to the north-east of the River Douglas. Its area is 1,708 acres (6.91 km) Its underlying rocks are coal measures.

You can visit Shevington places with Walkfo Shevington to hear history at Shevington’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Shevington has 25 places to visit in our interactive Shevington map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Shevington, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Shevington places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Shevington & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 25 audio facts unique to Shevington places in an interactive Shevington map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Shevington Places Map
25 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Shevington tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Shevington

  

Best Shevington places to visit

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Shevington has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Shevington’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Shevington’s information audio spots:

Chisnall Hall Colliery Chisnall Hall was the largest coal mine on the Lancashire Coalfield north of Wigan. It was owned by Pearson and Knowles Coal and Iron Company in 1896. More than 1,000 people were employed there in 1933 and 300,000 tonnes of coal were produced annually.

Standish-with-Langtree Standish-with-Langtree was a local government district centred on Standish, Lancashire. Historically it was an ancient township in the hundred of West Derby. This unit was abolished in 1974 following the Local Government Act 1972, the same act which established Greater Manchester.

Standish Hall Standish Hall was an estate and country house, built in 1573, owned by the Standish family in the south-west of Standish, Wigan. No standing structures of the hall remain on the former estate, however, some of its wooden-panel interiors are preserved elsewhere.

Wrightington Hospital Wrightington Hospital is a health facility in Wrightington, Lancashire. It is managed by the Wrightington and Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust.

Roby Mill Roby Mill is a village in the West Lancashire district of Lancs, England. The estimated population is 405. The population of the village is estimated to be 405.

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