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For the former parliamentary constituency, see Ince (UK Parliament constituency).

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Ince-in-Makerfield
Population10,185 (2001 Census)
OS grid referenceSD565005
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWIGAN
Postcode districtWN2/WN3
Dialling code01942
PoliceGreater Manchester
FireGreater Manchester
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
  • Wigan (amended from Makerfield, in the 2010 boundary reform)
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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

References

  1. ^ Townships - Ince | British History Online
  2. ^ "Ince", A Topographical Dictionary of England, British History Online, pp. 608–611, 1848, retrieved 2011-03-6 {{citation}}: |editor-first= missing |editor-last= (help); Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  3. ^ a b c Ashmore 1982, p. 101
Bibliography
  • Ashmore, Owen (1982), The Industrial archaeology of North-west England, Manchester University Press, ISBN 0 7190 0820 4

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