Scholes, Greater Manchester

Infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Scholes
latitude= 53.544707
longitude= -2.625604
population=
metropolitan_borough= Wigan
metropolitan_county= Greater Manchester
region= North West England
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post_town= WIGAN
postcode_area= WN
postcode_district= WN1
dial_code= 01942
os_grid_reference= SD585055
london_distance= 176 miles (284 km) SE
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Scholes is an urban area in east-central Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. Scholes is immediately to the east of Wigan's town centre; separated from the commercial area by the River Douglas.

Historically a part of Lancashire, Scholes is noted for its council estate and series of tower blocks, which are prominent features in this area of the town.

North West England has several places called Scholes, of which Scholes in Wigan is of greatest significance with two much smaller places, parts of Eccleston (St.Helens) and Ince Blundell (Sefton).

Scholes was once a ward of Wigan, east of the town centre. As described in the Victoria Histories of the Counties of England, Lancashire (VCH Lancs, Vol. 4), the district formerly had four wards:St George and St Patrick, the innermost divided by a street called Scholes, and Lindsay and St Catherine’s outside. It is now contained in the Wigan Central ward.

The Church of St Catherine was consecrated in 1841 and has a small graveyard attached. Robert Ford who died in 1772 took possession of the ‘manor house’ in Scholes and were besieged for some days, to the excitement of the town.