The Celts have been living in Britain for some time and it’s was time for something to shake things up a bit. So, from the South came some agressive Italians… the Romans were coming. They came to Wigan… but what did they do here? What did they build? And why did they leave? Find out all this and more in this episode of the Wigan History Podcast. Get in touch with the show by email tom@wiganhistorypodcast.co.uk Thanks to the Wigan Archaeological Society for their support and assistance in the making of this episode. Big thanks and credit to local artists, The Quaintest Show on Earth for allo ..read more

In this episode I discuss the highly controversial new crest of the Wigan Warriors rugby club, which features a Brigantes Warrior? Why? Well find out all about the Brigantes and their “links” to Wigan in this episode of the Wigan History Podcast. Want to contact the show? Email me; tom@wiganhistorypodcast.co.uk Old crest vs new crest ..read more

On this episode of the Wigan History Podcast, we move into an Iron Age, which in the Wigan area was mostly dominated by the Celts. Who were the Celts? They were probably one of the most underrated civilisations of the time, had they been completely united. And they bloody loved a chariot. Hear the story of the local Celtic tribe, the Brigantes and how their strain relationship with the Romans led to their ultimate demise. Hear the story about the lost port of the Setantii, one of the very first pre-Roman ports in Britain. Finally, where does the name Wigan come from? Hear all this and more on ..read more

Hello and welcome to the Wigan History Podcast This episode is about Prehistoric Wigan and in particular the bronze age  First, let’s get a bit of context for the nation as a whole during this time. Prehistoric Britain is a sizable period of time, when we talk about prehistoric, what we are actually referring to is anything before written history, so before writing. So let’s take a quick sprint through britain’s history before our story begins… The first people living in britain have been recorded as far back as 900,000 years ago. These were very, very early humans who would have come in ..read more

Hello and welcome to the Wigan History Podcast.  I’m Tom and I should start this by saying, I’m not, by any means, a historian.  In fact, at school, despite the best efforts of some fantastic teaching, mostly through episodes of Blackadder, I didn’t enjoy History lessons.  Now, however, in my slightly more mature years I find myself fascinated by the history that surrounds every single one of us. This may be because learning about the past is difficult to do during a period of your life that you spend thinking solely about the future. Perhaps, I found it difficult to relate to t ..read more

In this episode I discuss the highly controversial new crest of the Wigan Warriors rugby club, which features a Brigantes Warrior? Why? Well find out all about the Brigantes and their “links” to Wigan in this episode of the Wigan History Podcast. Want to contact the show? Email me; tom@wiganhistorypodcast.co.uk Old crest vs new crest ..read more

On this episode of the Wigan History Podcast, we move into an Iron Age, which in the Wigan area was mostly dominated by the Celts. Who were the Celts? They were probably one of the most underrated civilisations of the time, had they been completely united. And they bloody loved a chariot. Hear the story of the local Celtic tribe, the Brigantes and how their strain relationship with the Romans led to their ultimate demise. Hear the story about the lost port of the Setantii, one of the very first pre-Roman ports in Britain. Finally, where does the name Wigan come from? Hear all this and more on ..read more

Hello and welcome to the Wigan History Podcast This episode is about Prehistoric Wigan and in particular the bronze age  First, let’s get a bit of context for the nation as a whole during this time. Prehistoric Britain is a sizable period of time, when we talk about prehistoric, what we are actually referring to is anything before written history, so before writing. So let’s take a quick sprint through britain’s history before our story begins… The first people living in britain have been recorded as far back as 900,000 years ago. These were very, very early humans who would have come in ..read more

Hello and welcome to the Wigan History Podcast.  I’m Tom and I should start this by saying, I’m not, by any means, a historian.  In fact, at school, despite the best efforts of some fantastic teaching, mostly through episodes of Blackadder, I didn’t enjoy History lessons.  Now, however, in my slightly more mature years I find myself fascinated by the history that surrounds every single one of us. This may be because learning about the past is difficult to do during a period of your life that you spend thinking solely about the future. Perhaps, I found it difficult to relate to t ..read more