Ince, Cheshire
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{{Use British English|date=February 2021}}
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Ince is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is situated immediately to the east of the Stanlow Oil Refinery. It shares Ince & Elton railway station with the village of Elton, which it runs into.
According to the 2001 census it was recorded as having a population of 209.{{NOMIS2001|id=13UE001|title=Ince Parish|access-date=7 February 2021}} By the 2011 census this had marginally reduced to 203.{{NOMIS2011|id=E04011120|title=Ince Parish|access-date=7 February 2021}}
Ince Park is being developed near the village.
History
The name Ince, first recorded in the Domesday Book as Inise,{{cite web|url=http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/cheshire1.html#ince |title=Cheshire A-K: Ince|publisher=Domesday Book Online|access-date=7 February 2021}} is from the Primitive Welsh ïnïs, meaning "island". The name refers to the village's position on a low ridge in the marshlands around the rivers Gowy and Mersey.{{Cite book | contribution = Ince | year = 2010 | title = The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names | editor-last = Watts | editor-first = Victor | publisher = Cambridge University Press | isbn= 978 0 521 16855 7}}{{cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Cheshire/Ince |title=Key to English Place-Names: Ince|publisher=University of Nottingham|access-date=7 February 2021}}
Ince was a township split between the ancient parishes of both Ince and Stoak, within the Eddisbury Hundred. It existed as a civil parish between 1866 and 1950, when it was absorbed into Ellesmere Port civil parish. The population stood at 443 in 1801, 422 in 1851 and 290 in 1901.{{cite web|url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CHS/ince|title=Cheshire Towns & Parishes: Ince|publisher=GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy|access-date=20 April 2008}}
The present civil parish was separated from Ellesmere Port in 1987, with smaller boundaries.
Landmarks
The remains of Ince Manor, one of the earliest recorded properties of St Werburgh's Abbey (now Chester Cathedral), were given Grade I listed status in 1963.{{NHLE|num=1138810|desc=Manor House of Abbey of St Werburgh Chester, including Old Hall and Monastery Cottages|access-date=7 February 2021}}
Governance
From 1983 to 2024, Ince formed part of the Ellesmere Port and Neston parliamentary constituency. Following the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, it became part of the Runcorn and Helsby constituency.
The unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester replaced Chester City Council and Cheshire County Council on 1 April 2009. Ince is within the electoral ward of Gowy Rural.
Ince is represented by its own parish council.{{cite web |url=https://www.inceparishcouncil.uk |title=Welcome |publisher=Ince Parish Council |access-date=17 January 2020}}
Transport
File:Inceeltonsign.jpg, serving both Ince and Elton villages]]
Ince & Elton railway station serves both Ince and Elton villages, but it is just within the Elton boundary. There are infrequent Monday to Saturday services to Ellesmere Port, Stanlow & Thornton, Helsby, Liverpool Lime Street, and Warrington Bank Quay. It was the worst performing English station for cancellations in the four weeks to 1 February 2025, according to data from the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), with 22.8% of trains cancelled.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c39vzg1rezno |title=Worst train companies to be named and shamed |publisher=bbc.co.uk/news |access-date=6 March 2025}} The nearest station with better services and facilities is either Ellesmere Port or Helsby.
The X2 bus visits Ince hourly in each direction and operates from Chester bus station with a destination of Runcorn. The service is operated by Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire. Ince also has a few morning and evening journeys on service DB8 to Chester Business Park.
Public transport in Ince is supported by the North Cheshire Rail User Group.{{cite web|url=http://www.ncrug.org.uk |title=The Website of the North Cheshire Rail Users Group |publisher=Ncrug.org.uk |access-date=13 January 2016}} It campaigns for better rail services and improved public transport interchange.
Economy and industry
Landowners The Peel Group are developing a {{convert|54|ha|acre}} industrial site on a former water meadow at Ince Park. The Protos "energy and resource hub"{{cite web|url=https://www.protos.co.uk/destination/ |title=Protos: Destination|publisher=Peel L&P|access-date=7 February 2021}} houses a biomass power station, a timber recycling plant and designated "nature areas".{{cite web|url=https://www.protos.co.uk/site-availability/ |title=Protos: Site availability|publisher=Peel L&P|access-date=7 February 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.letsrecycle.com/news/latest-news/energy-generated-protos-cheshire/ |title=First ‘waste’ energy generated at Protos in Cheshire|website=letsrecycle.com|date=2 May 2018|access-date=7 February 2021}}
The construction of a facility to recover energy from non-recyclable waste began in 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.letsrecycle.com/news/latest-news/biffa-reaches-financial-close-on-protos-efw/ |title=Biffa, Covanta & GIG in financial close on Protos EfW|website=letsrecycle.com|date=1 December 2020|access-date=7 February 2021}}
See also
{{Portal|Cheshire}}
References
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