88 Poolstock Lane, Wigan


88 Poolstock was the residence of Henry HarrisonHenry Harold’s father, at the time of his death in the fall of 1937. Presumably his wife, Elizabeth Donahue, also lived here at the time. Daughter Nellie (b.1904), who died a spinster in 1940, may also have been living with her parents in 1937.

This house is located on the south side of Poolstock on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Leigh Branch) between Pool Street and Corporation Street just to the east of a lock. The 1894 Ordinance Survey Map (above) shows the approximate location of the house and lock in relation to the rest of the Poolstock neighbourhood. The house currently at this address appears old enough to be the former home of Henry and Elizabeth.