Dangerous Corner, Wrightington

Dangerous Corner, Wrightington
Dangerous Corner, Wrightington
Dangerous Corner, Wrightington
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Dangerous Corner, Wrightington
Wrightington
George Lyon Simon Washington
George Lyon of Up Holland was hanged at Lancaster Castle on 22 April 1815 for buglary at Westwood House, Wigan. Simon Washington, the landlord of the Old Dog Inn, Up Holland, brought the body back via Orrell, Wrightington, Gathurst and Appley Bridge, followed by a large crowd. Lyon was buried the next day in St Thomas the Martyr churchyard.
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2010
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