Ince-in-Makerfield | |
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Christ Church, Ince-in-Makerfield | |
Location within Greater Manchester | |
Population | 15,664 (2011 Census) |
OS grid reference | SD565005 |
Metropolitan borough | |
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 historic county of Lancashire, Ince is contiguous to Wigan and is a residential suburb divided by a railway line into two separate areas, Higher Ince and Lower Ince. From 1894 Ince was an urban district of the administrative county of Lancashire and in 1974 became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan.