Gathurst Explained

Country:England
Official Name:Gathurst
Coordinates:53.559°N -2.697°W
Static Image Name:Gathurst Station Inn public house (geograph 4531554).jpg
Static Image Caption:The Gathurst Station Inn public house, Gathurst
Metropolitan Borough:Wigan
Metropolitan County:Greater Manchester
Region:North West England
Constituency Westminster:Wigan
Post Town:WIGAN
Postcode District:WN6
Postcode Area:WN
Dial Code:01257
Os Grid Reference:SD538071

Gathurst (locally [1]) is the name given to a small section of the township of Shevington, a Civil Parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England.[2] It was historically a part of Lancashire.[3] The village is served by a railway station Gathurst railway station which is located on the Manchester-Southport line and managed by Northern. The station also serves the nearby village of Shevington.

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  1. https://www.wigantoday.net/business/northern-rail-re-records-wigan-station-name-to-match-local-pronunciation-4269128
  2. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol6/pp199-203
  3. http://www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/lancs09302.htm "Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Lancashire"