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- Haigh, Greater ManchesterHaigh, Greater ManchesterHaigh is a village and civil parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester, England. Historically a part of Lancashire, it is located next to the village of Aspull. The western boundary is the River Douglas which separates the township from Wigan. To the north a small brook...
, England - a village - Haigh, West Yorkshire, England - a village
People
- Christopher HaighChristopher HaighChristopher Haigh is a British historian specialising in religion and politics around the English Reformation. Until his retirement in 2009, he was Student and Tutor in Modern History at Christ Church, Oxford and University Lecturer at Oxford University...
, British historian - Philip A. HaighPhilip A. HaighPhilip Andrew Haigh is a British writer of non-fiction military history books, mostly on the subject of the Wars of the Roses, although in recent years he has taken to writing military fiction works based on characters and events from World War II.-Early life:Haigh was born in Huddersfield, West...
, British historian and author - George Henry Caton Haigh, English ornithologist
- Gideon HaighGideon HaighGideon Clifford Jeffrey Davidson Haigh is an English-born Australian journalist, who writes about sport and business. He was born in London of a Yorkshire father and an Australian mother, and was raised in Geelong, Victoria.- Career :Haigh has been writing about sport and business for over...
, Australian journalist - Jennifer HaighJennifer HaighJennifer Haigh is an American novelist and short story writer.She was born in Barnesboro, a Western Pennsylvania coal town 85 miles northeast of Pittsburgh in Cambria County. She attended Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Iowa Writers'...
, American writer - John George HaighJohn George HaighJohn George Haigh , commonly known as the "Acid Bath Murderer" , was an English serial killer during the 1940s. He was convicted of the murders of six people, although he claimed to have killed nine...
, English serial killer - Kenneth HaighKenneth HaighKenneth Haigh is a British actor. He played the central role of Jimmy Porter in the very first production of John Osborne's seminal play Look Back in Anger in 1956. His performance in a 1958 Broadway theatre production of that play so moved one young woman in the audience that she mounted the...
, English actor - Nancy Haigh, American set designer
- Schofield HaighSchofield HaighSchofield Haigh was a Yorkshire and England cricketer. He played for eighteen seasons for Yorkshire County Cricket Club, for England from the 1898/99 tour to 1912, and was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1901....
, Yorkshire cricketer - Thomas HaighThomas HaighThomas Haigh , was a violinist, pianist, and composer.Haigh was born in London in 1769, and studied composition under Haydn in 1791 and 1792. Haigh's numerous compositions include sonatas for pianoforte solo and for pianoforte and violin or flute, serenatas, capriccios, and arrangements...
, English musician
Other
- Haigh's ChocolatesHaigh's ChocolatesHaigh's Chocolates is a company selling high quality chocolate products to customers in South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales. The company is based in Adelaide, South Australia, where it was founded in 1915 by Alfred E. Haigh. Haigh's conducts free tours of its factory on Greenhill...
, Australian chocolatier - Haigh FoundryHaigh FoundryThe Haigh Foundry was leased in 1835 by E.Evans and T.C.Ryley in Haigh, Lancashire. It had initially been established in the Douglas Valley, in Haigh, circa 1790 by Alexander Lindsay, 6th Earl of Balcarres and his brother Robert as an ironworks and foundry...
, a locomotive manufacturer based in Wigan, England - Haigh FieldHaigh FieldHaigh Field is a public airport located three miles southeast of the central business district of Orland, a city in Glenn County, California, USA. The airport covers and has one runway. It is mostly used for general aviation....
, a public airport in the city of Orland, Glenn County, California, USA