Pemberton, Greater Manchester

Pemberton
Pemberton Carnegie Library
Pemberton is located in Greater Manchester
Pemberton
Pemberton
Location within Greater Manchester
Population13,982 (2011 Census)
OS grid referenceSD555045
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWIGAN
Postcode districtWN5
Dialling code01942
PoliceGreater Manchester
FireGreater Manchester
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
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UK
England
Greater Manchester
53°32′10″N 2°40′26″W / 53.5360°N 2.6738°W / 53.5360; -2.6738

Pemberton is an area of Wigan,[1] in Greater Manchester, England.[2] It lies on the southwestern bank of the River Douglas,[3] and east of the M6 motorway. The area is contiguous with Orrell and as a ward has a population of 13,638,[1] increasing to 13,982 at the 2011 Census.[4]

Historically a part of Lancashire, Pemberton was formerly a township and parish in the hundred of West Derby. Following the Industrial Revolution, Pemberton became a densely populated industrial district comprising a variety of coal mines, stone-quarries, brick manufactories, and cotton mills.[3][5] Coal mining was the principal industry of what was described in 1911 as an "unpicturesque, bare and open" area.[3] The former Pemberton Urban District, along with Wigan Municipal Borough merged to form the County Borough of Wigan in 1904.[2][6]

  1. ^ a b Pemberton, 2001 United Kingdom Census, neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. URLs accessed 11 November 2008.
  2. ^ a b "Greater Manchester Gazetteer". Greater Manchester County Record Office. Places names - O to R. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2007.
  3. ^ a b c Brownbill & Farrer 1911, pp. 78–83.
  4. ^ "Wigan ward population 2011". Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  5. ^ Great Britain Historical GIS, Descriptive Gazetteer entry for Pemberton, visionofbritain.org.uk
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Pemberton CP was invoked but never defined (see the help page).