Ashton in Makerfield

Ashton-in-Makerfield is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It is a piece of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and is 4.2 miles 6.8 km south of the town of Wigan. Generally a piece of Lancashire, Ashton-in-Makerfield was long ago a township in the area of Newton-in-Makerfield as Newton-le-Willows was once known, Winwick and several West Derby. With neighboring Haydock, Ashton-in-Makerfield was a chapelry, however the two were part in 1845. The place has for some time been a middle for the maker of locks and pivots, yet in addition sits on the Lancashire Coalfield, as was a coal mining region.

The name Ashton gets from Old English and means the "farmstead where the fiery debris trees develop"; it is a typical name and is found locally in Ashton-under-Lyne in Tameside and Ashton upon Mersey in Trafford. Ashton-in-Makerfield comprises of the accompanying segments. Town Green, Stubshaw Cross and Bryn, with Garswood and Downall Green in the Parish of Seneley Green. The west of Ashton-in-Makerfield is a piece of St Helens, in Merseyside. The east area lies in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester. It is incorporated into the Liverpool Built-up Area a term utilized by the Office for National Statistics.