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Ince-In-Makerfield

INCE-IN-MAKERFIELD, an urban district in the Ince parliamentary division of Lancashire, England, adjoining the borough of Wigan. Pop. (1901) 21,262. The Leeds and Liverpool Canal intersects the township. There are large collieries, ironworks, forges, railway wagon works, and cotton mills. There is preserved here the Old Hall, a beautiful example of halftimbered architecture.

Note - this article incorporates content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, (1910-1911)

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