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2 unusual facts about Haigh Hall


Great Haigh Sough

The Great Haigh Sough is a tunnel or adit driven under Sir Roger Bradshaigh's estate in Haigh, then in the historic county of Lancashire.

Red Rock railway station

The former down waiting room at the station was owned and used by the residents of Haigh Hall from the station's inception up until the 1940s.


Crawford Library

The family library, the "Bibliotheca Lindesiana" located at Haigh Hall in Haigh near Wigan, had its origins in the sixteenth century and became world famous among scholars for its scope and the many bibliographies of its stock which exceeded 100,000 volumes.

James Lindsay, 24th Earl of Crawford

He designed Haigh Hall in Haigh, Greater Manchester to replace the existing hall which dated back to Norman times and lived in a cottage in the grounds whilst it was constructed between 1830-1849.


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