Ince-in-Makerfield or Ince is a town[1] in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England.

From 1894 Ince was an urban district of the administrative county of Lancashire and in 1974 became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan.

The name Ince may be of Cumbric origin and derived from ïnïs, meaning 'island' or, as is likely in this case, 'dry land' (Welsh ynys).

The third, also known as Ince Hall, was originally a timber and plaster building built in the reign of James I off Manchester Road.

It originally had a moat, Italian chimneys and an oak panelled interior but in 1854 was heavily damaged by fire and rebuilt in plain brick of no architectural merit and modernised inside.

[10] The Leeds and Liverpool Canal passes through Higher Ince, and 16 of the Wigan flight of locks are within the township.