Ashton-in-Makerfield
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.
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
Article
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.