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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 80.193.161.89 (talk) at 21:45, 20 March 2007 (→‎Population Boom in Wigan?). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

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No problem. Was just about to confirm it with you! You might be interested in this also. Jhamez84 11:18, 18 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'd raise this with JemmyH and at the Wigan Borough talk page. At a first glance it seems the terms are interchangable, but then-again, parts of Wigan Borough still use Townships, so may mean something else.
A district to me suggests a populated, or built up area - it may be best used for those kinds of areas, whilst component area may be better for rural or more obsure areas. Jhamez84 01:27, 19 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Contact User:MRSC about creating a Wigan postcode area page - He has some source material that will get you started. It worked well for the OL postcode area. Jhamez84 11:28, 19 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You may wish to pass comment at this deletion proposal page. Or talk a look at this debate. Jhamez84 19:41, 19 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Population Boom in Wigan?

Come on, Man2, you know where the population figure covers, it's your 'speciality subject', and it's not Wigan (which is the place the article is about). That number needs replacing with a true figure, but where do we find one? the only 'census' being the one taken for the 'Wigan Urban Area' by the NSO. 80.193.161.89 15:34, 20 March 2007 (UTC) JemmyH.[reply]

Thanks for the reply, in which you ask for a citation to show that Wigan covers three and a half square miles. Did I not send you a list of all the component parts of Wigan Metropolitan Borough, showing the sizes of all the towns and settlements that make up that borough? Did all the areas not add up to the seventy seven square miles that is claimed by the council? Of course it did. Where is the list which I sent? 80.193.161.89 19:44, 20 March 2007 (UTC) JemmyH. PS more news to follow ....[reply]

  • I took one of my bikes for it's MOT today. Whilst it was waiting it's turn, I had a stroll around Wigan and took it upon myself to call in at the planning and regeneration office where, amongst other things, I asked about the 'population figure' for Wigan. The person I asked asked someone else, who disappeared upstairs and returned ten minutes later with some info.. This is what he said ......... "It's the 2001 Census for Wigan Borough this is, nowt to do with the statistics office, they're 'down south', don't know what they're talking about, how can you call Skelmersdale Wigan, it's full of scousers". We looked at the screen and a map, ten areas prominently marked. "Borough's divided up into these bits and there's ten of 'em". ... "Ashton but not the Garswood or Downall Green parts, Atherton, Golborne and Lowton are one, Hindley Abram and Platt bridge are one, Leigh, Shevington, Tyldesley and part of Astley are one too". "OK?". "Now then, Pemberton, Wigan and Ince are split into two, that bit's (points on map) called Wigan North, that bit's (moves finger) called Wigan South".

The 'Wigan South' section covered Worsley Mesnes, Goose Green, Pemberton, Newtown, Marsh Green, Kitt Green (in fact, Pemberton township). The 'Wigan North' section covered Ince, Whelley, Wigan and Aspull. So, 'Wigan', the place called 'Wigan', the town of the name 'Wigan', was 'in' 'Wigan North'. I say 'in' Wigan North because it was not the only place there, there was Ince, Whelley and Aspull too. The POPULATION FIGURE given for Wigan North (a combination of Ince, Whelley, Wigan and Aspull) in the 2001 Census, shown on the screen, in a Wigan MBC office, was ..... 35932! When I asked him what he thought the figure for Wigan alone would be, he replied, "Well, Aspull's not so big, so it's all between Ince area and Beech Hill and Springfield half of Wigan innit, I'd say about half of that figure".

These are the figures given .......

Ashton in Makerfield (23173) ... Atherton (19859) ... Golborne/Lowton (23438) ... Hindley/Abram/Platt Bridge (36121) ... Leigh (44122) ... Orrell/Billinge/Winstanley (21174) ... Shevington (35987) ... Tyldesley/Astley (24371) ... Wigan North (35932) ... Wigan South (37252).

Add them all up and you'll get ... 301429 which is the figure quoted by the council for the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan Population. Man2, you can change the figure on the Wigan article if you want. Those Americans sure know their stuff, they know more about the population of Wigan than the population of Wigan. 80.193.161.89 21:45, 20 March 2007 (UTC) JemmyH[reply]

Oh, heres the citable link, put it on the article ... http://www.wigan.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/D5DA1AA7-B094-45EE-941D-9C11895A643B/0/agetownship23Kb.pdf

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