Talk:Metropolitan Borough of Wigan

message: This page seems to need more information about education in this area.  Is there a university?  A population of this size probably should have!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.138.172.201 (talk) 07:39, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Education

message: * Capitals are used in titles
* Redirected to the more correct Wigan Metropolitan Borough - I knows it, cos I lives in the place, man!
* Wigan "B"... orough is covered by the article "Wigan", just on Wigan the town.
I have moved most of the Metropolitan Borough articles to "Metropolitan Borough of XXX" as this is their official title. G-Man 21:04, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Move

message: I don't think these need to have initial caps. MRSC • Talk 20:48, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well why not change them? Generic Character 21:05, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: And they have been reverted back. A councils use of "Town" or "Township" on their website does not change the rules of grammar. We have a clear manual of style to follow. MRSC • Talk 23:01, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Town and Township

message: Given that Wigan is considered, by Wikipedia, to consist of Wigan AND Pemberton (officially referred to as 'the former county borough of Wigan') it is still smaller than both Ashton in Makerfield and Leigh. 
However, Ashton in Makerfield is not totally within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, so doesn't count, but Leigh is totally within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and is much larger than 'the former county borough of Wigan' (Wigan and Pemberton combined). 
That makes Leigh the largest component town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and the statement 'Named after the largest component town', wrong.
Colin80.193.161.89 (talk) 01:16, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Ashton has a population of 28,505, Leigh has a population of 44,122 Wigan has population of 81,203 which makes Wigan by far the largest component town in terms of population Pemberton is considered part of the town of Wigan and has been for a hundred years (since 1920). If you are referring to area then indeed they are far larger than Wigan which was quite small and consisted of the walled market town and surrounds rather than the rural/semi-urban areas. Though this changed with the addition of Pemberton to its Town limits. --86.145.142.214 (talk) 11:21, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Named after the largest component town?

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**   The 2004 election was for all seats, as ward boundaries had changed. <ref>
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message: Can anyone clarify what the standing of these Townships and Township managers actually is? I am struggling to find a reference post 2009. Koncorde (talk) 19:04, 22 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Townships