Emmanuel School, Ashton-in-Makerfield

Records of the Emmanuel School, Wigan Road, Ashton-in-Makerfield. The school was founded as a British School and was later known as Richard Evans Primary School, Evans County School (from 1927) and then Evans Junior School.

The full records of the school are held by the Archives, catalogued at reference SR/137.

The earlier school was housed in the Congregational Church until the main building was constructed in 1891, for 700 children.