Standish family
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The Standish family is an ancient English feudal manorial family and one of the oldest Anglo-Norman noble lineages. This Norman-roots family has been settled in Lancashire from the Conquest of England in 1066. The known history of the Standish family begins at the end of the twelfth century.
Portrait of Thomas Strickland Standish (1763-1813) by Joseph Allen.
Cecil Marie Roger Widdrington Standish of Standish (1852-1891), brother of Henry Standish, Esq.
Image: Henry Noailles Widdrington Standish of Standish (1847 1920) A
Image: Henry Noailles Widdrington Standish of Standish (1847 1920) B
Standish, Greater Manchester
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Standish is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, it is on the A49 road between Chorley and Wigan, near Junction 27 of the M6 motorway. The population of the village was 13,278 in the 2011 census.
St Wilfrid's Church
The parish church of St Wilfrid's in the centre of Standish
Standish Pillar War Memorial and The Globe pub
For much of its history, Standish formed a local government district under the name Standish-with-Langtree.