Hawkley Hall

Hawkley Hall
Hawkley Hall c. 1904
Hawkley Hall Location within Greater Manchester
OS grid reference	SD5704
Metropolitan borough	Wigan
Metropolitan county	Greater Manchester
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WIGAN
Postcode district	WN3
Dialling code	01942
Police	Greater Manchester
Fire	Greater Manchester
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Makerfield
List of places UK England Greater Manchester 53°32′06″N2°37′52″W / 53.535°N 2.6310°W / 53.535; -2.6310

Hawkley Hall was an Elixabethan mansion house in Pemberton, about 1.5 miles from Wigan and to the east of Goose Green. The Hawkley's, the original owners of the hall, came to England at the time of William the Conqueror. It passed to the Molyneux family in 1374, who considerably rebuilt it during the 17th century. It once held Oliver Cromwell and his officers during the civil war. ^[1] The hall was demolished in 1970 ^[2] and a housing estate occupies the site today known as the "Hawkley Hall Estate". ^{[3] [4]}

Education

Hawkley Hall estate has one school, Hawkley Hall High School. It is a fairly large school that was graded "Outstanding" overall in 2009.

References

1. Dr Mark Champion; Patricia Rigg. "History of the Wigan Flashes". Wigan Building Preservation Trust. Lancashire Wildlife Trust.
2. Historic England. "Hawkley Hall (42043)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 28 July 2022.
3. "Wigan on the Internet :: wiganworld is Wigan's busiest community website". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011.
4. "❤ wiganworld - Wigan Album, Hawkley Hall".