Pemberton, Lancashire
| Pemberton | |
| Lancashire | |
|---|---|
 Pemberton Carnegie Library | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SD555045 |
| Location: | 53°32’10"N, 2°40’26"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 13,982 (2011) |
| Post town: | Wigan |
| Postcode: | WN5 |
| Dialling code: | 01942 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Wigan |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Wigan |
Pemberton is a township in Lancashire that forms a suburb of Wigan. It lies on the south-western bank of the River Douglas,[1] contiguous to Wigan's town centre, and east of the M6 motorway. The area today serves as a predominantly residential suburb along with the adjoining area of Orrell and as a ward has a population of 13,638,[2] increasing to 13,982 at the 2011 Census.[3] The area is served by Pemberton railway station on the Wigan Wallgate to Kirkby branch line.
Following the Industrial Revolution, Pemberton became a densely populated industrial district comprising a variety of coal mines, stone-quarries, brick manufactories, and cotton mills.[1][4] Coal mining was the principal industry of what was described in 1911 as an "unpicturesque, bare and open" area.[1]
History
The name Pemberton derives from Penn-bere-tūn, which is believed to be a combination of the Celtic penn meaning hill, the Old English bere meaning barley plus the Old English suffix of -ton meaning a farm or settlement.[5][6]
Unmentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, Pemberton does not appear in records until 1212, when it was documented to have been a thegnage estate, or manor, comprising "two plough-lands", with an annual rate of 20 shillings payable by the tenant, Alan de Windle, to King John.[1]
There were several collieries in the area, and sandstone was also quarried. At Newtown were cotton mills and iron works. A well at Lamberhead Green (Pingate) was noted for its excellent water quality.
References
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Brownbill & Farrer 1911, pp. 78–83.
- ↑ Pemberton, 2001 United Kingdom Census, neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. URLs accessed 11 November 2008.
- ↑ "Wigan ward population 2011". http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13689364&c=pemberton&d=14&e=62&g=6348549&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1452436983094&enc=1. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- ↑ Great Britain Historical GIS, Descriptive Gazetteer entry for Pemberton, visionofbritain.org.uk, http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/entry_page.jsp?text_id=966040&word=NULL
- ↑ Hanks 2003, p. 69.
- ↑ University of Nottingham. "Pemberton". nottingham.ac.uk. http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/ins/kepn/detailpop.php?placeno=13027. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
Bibliography
- Brownbill, J; Farrer, W (1911), A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 5, Victoria County History, ISBN 978-0-7129-1055-2
- Hanks, Patrick (2003), Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-508137-4
- Lewis, Samuel (1848), A Topographical Dictionary of England, Institute of Historical Research, ISBN 978-0-8063-1508-9
Outside links
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- Wigan South, Wigan MBC.