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Leyland Free Library and Museum

listed building in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Summary

Leyland Free Library and Museum is a library building[1].

Key Facts

  • Leyland Free Library and Museum is located in Wigan[2].
  • Leyland Free Library and Museum is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • Leyland Free Library and Museum's instance of is recorded as library building[4].
  • Leyland Free Library and Museum's instance of is recorded as museum building[5].
  • The location of Leyland Free Library and Museum was Wigan[6].
  • Leyland Free Library and Museum's postal code is recorded as WN2 3AT[7].
  • 1886 marks the founding of Leyland Free Library and Museum[8].
  • Leyland Free Library and Museum's OS grid reference is recorded as SD6174004447[9].
  • Leyland Free Library and Museum's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 53.535275, 'longitude': -2.578726, 'precision': 1e-06}[10].
  • Leyland Free Library and Museum's heritage designation is recorded as Grade II listed building[11].
  • Leyland Free Library and Museum's date of official closure is recorded as 2012[12].
  • Leyland Free Library and Museum's street address is recorded as Hindley Library and Museum, 99 Market Street, Hindley, Wigan, WN2 3AT[13].
  • Leyland Free Library and Museum's associated electoral district is recorded as Makerfield[14].
  • Leyland Free Library and Museum's historic county is recorded as Lancashire[15].

Body

Geography

Leyland Free Library and Museum is in the country of United Kingdom[3]. It is located in Wigan[2].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include library building[4] and museum building[5]. Leyland Free Library and Museum's heritage designation is recorded as Grade II listed building[11].

History and Context

1886 marks the founding of Leyland Free Library and Museum[8].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . British Listed Buildings. Retrieved . britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . British Listed Buildings. Retrieved . britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . British Listed Buildings. Retrieved . britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [2] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Public libraries in England: basic dataset. data.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . British Listed Buildings. Retrieved . britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . British Listed Buildings. Retrieved . britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Public libraries in England: basic dataset. data.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Public libraries in England: basic dataset. data.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21w ago · JhealdBatch · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Date of official closure → +2012-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Imported from → —
    Instance of → library building, museum building
    British listed buildings id → 101287213
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32660|batch #32660]]: better qualifier for unparished areas (4): Change P131 qualifier"
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