Leigh

The Leigh Group, formed in 1982, is one of the six groups of the Liverpool and South West Lancashire Family History Society. Meetings are held in the Town Hall, Leigh throughout the winter months These are held on the third Tuesday of each month except July, August and December, and start at 7.30 pm. Our meetings usually have a family history related speaker.

HELP DESK

Our Help Desk volunteers attend on Tuesday to Thursday mornings 10.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.

If you would like to book an appointment, please contact the Archives Search Room at 01942 404430 and they will check that one of the volunteers will be available at the time you would like to attend before confirming your appointment.

If you do not wish to attend in person you can still complete a query form available from the Reception Desk or by emailing: archives@wigan.gov.uk or calling 01942 404430.

If you wish to get in touch with the group for further details you can go to our on-line form here

Leigh Programme

Date	Day	Time	Place	Subject	Speaker(s)
21 January 2025	Tuesday	7:30 pm	Town Hall, Leigh	AGM & “Real Life Scrooges” - Homes & Hoarding in Victorian Britain	Dr. Tom McGrath
18 February 2025	Tuesday	7:30 pm	Town Hall, Leigh	“Chasing the Convicts” - Researching women female convicts transported to Australia	Kath Graham
18 March 2025	Tuesday	7:30 pm	Town Hall, Leigh	“Theodore Major, walking on fire” - A long forgotten Master of 20C Art	Michael Howard
15 April 2025	Tuesday	7:30 pm	Town Hall, Leigh	“A trip to the Zoo - Belle Vue”	Louise Wade
20 May 2025	Tuesday	7:30 pm	Town Hall, Leigh	“Angel Meadow - an Infamous Manchester Slum	Joe O’Neill
17 June 2025	Tuesday	7:30 pm	Town Hall, Leigh	“Leigh in the 1940’s and 1950’s - War then Austerity”	Michael Caine
16 September 2025	Tuesday	7:30 pm	Town Hall, Leigh	“The Man who shod war horses” – From documents found in a house clearance described by a WW1 historian & expert on the Antiques Roadshow as absolute Gold Dust	Martin Jones
21 October 2025	Tuesday	7:30 pm	Town Hall, Leigh	“Dr. John Bodkin Adams, serial killer”	Kath Graham
18 November 2025	Tuesday	7:30 pm	Town Hall, Leigh	“A Dog, a Duke and a Dowager”	Jim Meehan