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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"INCE-IN-MAKERFIELD, a township in the parish of Wigan, hundred of West Derby, county Lancaster, adjoining the borough of Wigan. It is a station on the Lancashire and Yorkshire, and is crossed by the London and North-Western railway. The Leeds and Liverpool canal runs through the township. It is celebrated for a species of coal called "cannel," which is found here in large quantities, and the works of which employ a large number of the inhabitants. There are extensive iron and chemical works, and cotton mills, in which a great number of hands are engaged. The principal residence is Ince Hall, formerly the seat of the Gerard family. There are two cemeteries at Ince, one for its own use, and the other belonging to the town of Wigan, situated on either side of the London and North-Western railway. There is a National school."