Ashton-in-Makerfield
Sign in to saveAshton-in-Makerfield is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, south of Wigan. As of the 2021 census, there was a population of 26,380.
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The entry is geolocated on the map, across 3 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Ashton-in-Makerfield, Former civil parishes in Greater Manchester and Geography of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan.
Its subject is documented across 17 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Ashton-in-Makerfield
- UK place.population
- 26,380
- UK place.metropolitan_borough
- Wigan
- UK place.metropolitan_county
- Greater Manchester
- UK place.region
- North West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Makerfield
- UK place.post_town
- WIGAN
- UK place.postcode_district
- WN4
- UK place.postcode_area
- WN
- UK place.dial_code
- 01942
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SJ574992
- UK place.static_image_name
- Ashton Library, 2012 .jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Ashton-in-Makerfield Library
- UK place.london_distance
- SE
- UK place.type
- Town
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Wigan
- Population
- 26380
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Gerard Street, Ashton-in-Makerfield 1.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01942
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- Commons category
- Ashton-in-Makerfield
- OS grid reference
- SJ574992
- postal code
- WN4
- P12749
- Free German Youth
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Encyclopedic overview
18 sectionsContents
- History
- Toponymy
- Religious history
- Coal mining and heavy industry
- Governance
- Railway transport
- Demography
- Population change
- Present day
- Education
- Media
- Notable people
- Sport
- See also
- References
- Notes
- Bibliography
- External links
Ashton-in-Makerfield is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, south of Wigan. As of the 2021 census, there was a population of 26,380.
Historically part of Lancashire, Ashton-in-Makerfield was a township in the parish of Newton-in-Makerfield (as Newton-le-Willows was once known), Winwick and hundred of West Derby. With neighbouring Haydock, Ashton-in-Makerfield was a chapelry, but the two were split in 1845. The place has long been a centre for the manufacture of locks and hinges, and it also sits on the Lancashire Coalfield, and was a coal mining district.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ashton-in-Makerfield” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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