Age: 0
Sex: male
Date: 30 Mar 1917
Place: St Peters Vicarage, Back Firs Lane, Leigh
The body of a newly-born female child was found in a dirt heap behind St Peters Vicarage in Back Firs Lane, Leigh.
It was found by a 23-year-old woman on the Thursday afternoon, 29 March 1917 at about 2.10pm. She said she saw the parcel lying on the dirt heap a few days before, but had thought that it had been a dead dog. However, on the Thursday afternoon she said she saw two boys playing with it and saw a hand protruding from it, after which she immediately gave information to the police.
