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1000 AD 
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1066AD:
| Norman Conquest of Britain
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1086AD:
| Domesday Book is completed in England
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1100 AD  
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1178AD:
| First mention of the Standish placename
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1200 AD  
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1202AD:
| Radulphus de Stanedis, First holder of the Manor of Standish
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1205AD:
| First mention of St. Wilfrid's Church
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1215AD:
| Signing of Magna Carta
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1220AD:
| Alexander de Stanedis, Lord of the Manor 1220-1240
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1240AD:
| Radulphus de Standish, Lord of the Manor 1240-1246
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1246AD:
| Edmund, Hugh and Jordan de Standish, Lords of the Manor 1246-1290
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1290AD:
| Radulphus de Standish, Lord of the Manor 1290-1296
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1295AD:
| The Legend of Mabs Cross
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1296AD:
| William de Standish, Lord of the Manor 1296-1326
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1300 AD  
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1315AD:
| The Banastre Rebellion
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1326AD:
| John de Standish, Lord of the Manor 1326-1353
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1347AD:
| Jolly Mill
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1353AD:
| Ralph Standish
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| Henry de Standish, Lord of the Manor 1353-1396
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1381AD:
| Ralph Standish and the Death of Wat Tyler
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1396AD:
| Ralph de Standish, Lord of the Manor 1396-1418
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1400 AD  
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1415AD:
| The Battle of Agincourt
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1418AD:
| Lawrence de Standish, Lord of the Manor 1418-1434
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1434AD:
| Alexander de Standish, Lord of the Manor 1434-1445
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1445AD:
| Ralph Standish, Lord of the Manor 1445-1468
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1468AD:
| Alexander Standish, Lord of the Manor 1468-1507
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1479AD:
| The Standishes and the Langtrees versus the Gerards of Bryn
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1497AD:
| Ralph and Alice
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1500 AD  
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1507AD:
| Ralph Standish, Lord of the Manor 1507-1538
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1538AD:
| Alexander Standish, Lord of the Manor 1538-1539
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1539AD:
| Ralph Standish, Holder of manor under wardship 1539-1547
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1551AD:
| Edward Standish, under Wardship 1547-1551, Lord of the Manor 1551-1610
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1552AD:
| St. Wilfrid's Church Bells
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1574AD:
| Standish Hall
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1575AD:
| Alexander Standish and Elizabeth Harwarden
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1582AD:
| St. Wilfrid's Church rebuilding started
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1584AD:
| Birth of Myles Standish
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1589AD:
| St. Wilfrid's Church rebuilding finished
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1600 AD  
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1605AD:
| Guy Fawkes Gunpowder Plot
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1610AD:
| Hudson Bay discovered
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| Alexander Standish, Inherited the manor 1610
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| Ralph Standish, Lord of the Manor 1610-1656
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1611AD:
| Arthur Standish and the Training of Mallards
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1620AD:
| Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in the "Mayflower", and found New Plymouth
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| Captain Myles Standish
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1635AD:
| Coal Mining in Standish
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1641AD:
| Standish and the English Civil War
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1651AD:
| The Battle of Wigan Lane
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1656AD:
| Death of Captain Myles Standish
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| Edward Standish, Lord of the Manor 1656-1682
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1682AD:
| William Standish, Lord of the Manor 1682-1705
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1700 AD  
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1705AD:
| Ralph Standish, Lord of the Manor 1705-1755
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1715AD:
| Ralph Standish and the Jacobite Rebellion
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| Cat i'th' Window
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1716AD:
| James Blundell and the Preston Fight
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1755AD:
| Cecilia Townley, nee Standish, Lady of the Manor 1755-1778
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1757AD:
| The hidden papers of the Jacobite Rebellion
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1763AD:
| Hic Bibi - Here I drank
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1778AD:
| Edward Townley Standish, Lord of the Manor 1778-1807
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1797AD:
| Mary Smalley's School for Girls
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1800 AD  
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1801AD:
| 1801 Census
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1807AD:
| Thomas Strickland Standish, Lord of the Manor 1807-1813
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1811AD:
| 1811 Census
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1813AD:
| Charles Strickland Standish, Lord of the Manor 1813-1863
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1821AD:
| 1821
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1831AD:
| 1831 Census
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1837AD:
| Charles Strickland Standish elected MP for Wigan
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1840AD:
| Highway Robbery
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1841AD:
| 1841 Census
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1842AD:
| Charles Strickland Standish re-elected MP for Wigan
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1851AD:
| 1851 Census
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1861AD:
| 1861 Census
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1863AD:
| Charles Henry Widdrington Lionel Standish, Lord of the Manor 1863-1883
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1869AD:
| The 1869 Wigan Directory
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1871AD:
| 1871 Census
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1881AD:
| 1881 Census
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1883AD:
| Henry Noailles Widdrington Standish, Lord of the Manor 1883-1920
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1891AD:
| 1891 Census
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1900 AD  
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1900AD:
| Victoria Colliery
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1901AD:
| 1901 Census
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1902AD:
| Trams begin running from Wigan to Boar's Head Station
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1905AD:
| Wigan Tram extended to Standish
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1911AD:
| 50 years of change in Standish
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| 1911 Census
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1913AD:
| 8 Bells dedicated at St. Wilfrid's Church
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1921AD:
| The Standish Estate sold
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| Sale of Standish Estate
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| Sale of Standish Estate
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| 1921 Census
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1923AD:
| The Rev. Thomas Cruddas Porteus
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1926AD:
| Roman coins found in Standish
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1931AD:
| Last Tram from Standish to Wigan
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1939AD:
| 16th Century Coin found in Standish
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1942AD:
| Madame Widor and the Nationalisation of the Standish Coal Seams
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1950AD:
| Standish-with-Langtree in 1950
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1957AD:
| Visit of the Duke of Gloucester
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1963AD:
| The Last Colliery in Standish closed
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| Working at the Robin Hill Drift Mine
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1972AD:
| Opening of Woodfold School
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1994AD:
| Standish Community Forum established
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1998AD:
| Standish Courier launched
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| Well is reopened
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2000 AD 
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2000AD:
| The Standish Homepage website launched
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| Unveiling of Market Place Interpretation Boards
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