Ince-in-Makerfield
Ince-in-Makerfield | |
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Population | 10,185 (2001 Census) |
OS grid reference | SD565005 |
Metropolitan borough | |
Metropolitan county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | WIGAN |
Postcode district | WN2/WN3 |
Dialling code | 01942 |
Police | Greater Manchester |
Fire | Greater Manchester |
Ambulance | North West |
UK Parliament |
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Ince-in-Makerfield, usually known just as Ince is a district of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England.
Ince is contiguous to Wigan and serves as a residential suburb of Wigan[1], being divided locally, by a train line, in to two separate areas - Higher Ince and Lower Ince. From 1894 Ince constituted an urban district of the administrative county of Lancashire and in 1974 became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan.
History
The manor of Ince was held by a family of the same name. They were replaced by the Gerards by marriage in the reign of HenryIV and remained with them for several centuries until William Gerard sold it to the Earl of Balcarres.[2]
Ince was a coal mining town and its coal pits included, Moss, Ince Hall, Rose Bridge and Ince Collieries. Mining left a legacy of spoil heaps and flashes which were known as the Wigan Alps.[3]
Transport
Ince is served by Ince railway station on the Manchester to Southport line, however to distinguish it from Ince Blundell in Merseyside and Ince in Cheshire, on destination boards it is displayed as Ince(Manchester).
Ince was once criss-crossed by railway lines on the London and North Western Railway's Warrington to Wigan, Eccles to Wigan, Wigan to St Helens and Springs Branch to Haigh and Aspull lines, the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway's Bury to Liverpool line and the Great Central Railway line from Glazebrook to Wigan as well as local colliery lines.[3]
The Leeds and Liverpool Canal passes through Higher Ince and 16 of the Wigan flight of locks are within the township.[3]
See also
- Ince, in the Cheshire West and Chester Unitary Authority area of Cheshire
- Ince Blundell, in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside
References
- Bibliography
- Ashmore, Owen (1982), The Industrial archaeology of North-west England, Manchester University Press, ISBN 0 7190 0820 4