Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Ince-in-Makerfield

Ince-in-Makerfield, township and ry. sta. (Ince), Wigan par., SW. Lancashire, 1&HG. mile SW. of Wigan, 2320 ac., pop. 16,007; P.O., T.O., called Ince; has extensive coal mines, also ironworks and forges, cotton mills, and railway waggon works; contains the seat of Ince Hall.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "town"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Ince in Makerfield Tn/CP       Lancashire AncC
Place names: INCE     |     INCE IN MAKERFIELD
Place: Ince in Makerfield

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