Pemberton, Lancashire

Description
Pemberton, a township, and an ecclesiastical parish in Wigan parish, Lancashire. The township is divided from Wigan by the old river Douglas, has a station on the L. & Y.R., and a post, money order, and telegraph office under Wigan. It comprises 2894 acres; population, 18,400; and is governed by an urban district council consisting of fifteen members. There are coal mines, stone-quarries, brick manufactories, cotton mills, boiler works, and an iron foundry in the parish. An hospital was built in 1886 at the cost of £1400. The township has a good water supply, and is connected with Wigan by tramway. The Legh family are lords of the manor. The ecclesiastical parish is more extensive than the township, contains Newtown, Smithy Brook, Goose Green, Lamberhead Green, Kit Green, Marsh Green, Gathurst, and part of Orrell township, and was constituted in 1838. Population, 19,947. A new ecclesiastical parish was formed in 1891, comprising Newton and Marsh Green. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Liverpool; net value, £358. Patron, the rector of Wigan. The church was built in 1832, and is a large brick edifice. The new parish is a separate living; value, £250. There are Congregational, Wesleyan, Primitive, Free, and Independent Methodist, and Roman Catholic chapels.