Ince-in-Makerfield
Ince-in-Makerfield | ||
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Metropolitan county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | WIGAN | |
Postcode district | WN1–WN3 | |
Dialling code | 01942 | |
Police | Greater Manchester | |
Fire | Greater Manchester | |
Ambulance | North West | |
UK Parliament | ||
Ince-in-Makerfield or Ince is a town[1] in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England. The population of the Ince ward at the 2011 census was 13,486,[2] but a southern part of Ince was also listed under the Abram ward (north of Warrington Road in this ward).[3] Adding on this area brings the total in 2011 to 15,664.
Within the boundaries of the
Toponymy
The name Ince may be of Cumbric origin and derived from ïnïs, meaning 'island' or, as is likely in this case, 'dry land' (Welsh ynys).[4]
History
The earliest mention of the
The township covered 2,221 acres. The underlying rocks contained strata of
Transport
Ince is served by
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 (on which Lower Ince station was located, between 1884 and 1964), as well as local colliery lines.[10]
The Leeds and Liverpool Canal passes through Higher Ince, and 16 of the Wigan flight of locks are within the township.[10]
Industry
Ince had a railway wagon works until 1980. First opened in the 1870s by Richard & John Olive, it became the Ince Waggon & Iron Works Co. in July 1883. In January 1933 it came under control of the Central Wagon Company, who owned it until closure.[11] As the need for new build wagons diminished in the 1960s, the company continued to repair wagons but also diversified to scrap redundant British Railways rolling stock (wagons and carriages) and steam locomotives.[12] It is recorded that they cut up qty 315 BR steam locomotives from the mid to late 1960s.[13]
See also
- Listed buildings in Ince-in-Makerfield
- St Mary's Church, Lower Ince
- Rose Bridge Academy
- Makerfield
- List of mining disasters in Lancashire
References
- ^ "Ince-in-Makerfield, Wigan - area information, map, walks and more". OS GetOutside.
- ^ Services, Good Stuff IT. "Ince - UK Census Data 2011". UK Census Data.
- ^ Services, Good Stuff IT. "Abram - UK Census Data 2011". UK Census Data.
- ^ James, Alan. "A Guide to the Place-Name Evidence" (PDF). SPNS - The Brittonic Language in the Old North. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
- ^ a b "Townships: Ince - British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c Lewis, Samuel, ed. (1848), "Illington - Ingatestone", A Topographical Dictionary of England, British History Online, pp. 608–611, retrieved 3 June 2011
- ^ Farrer, William; Brownbill, J, eds. (1907), "Ince", A History of the County of Lancaster, Volume 4, Victoria County History, pp. 101–106, retrieved 17 December 2012
- ISBN 978-0300109108.
- ^ "National Rail Enquiries - Station facilities for Ince (Manchester)". www.nationalrail.co.uk.
- ^ a b Ashmore 1982, p. 101
- ISBN 978-1-899889-27-3.
- ^ Clarke, John (June 1966). "At Journey's End: The breakers yard, where locomotives, wagons and carriages meet ignominious destruction". Railway Magazine. Vol. 112, no. 782. pp. 316–319.
- ^ "RAILUK".
Bibliography
- Ashmore, Owen (1982), The Industrial archaeology of North-west England, Manchester University Press, ISBN 0-7190-0820-4