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Pemberton is a mainly residential area of Wigan, and an electoral ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan,〔 in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the southwestern bank of the River Douglas,〔.〕 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.〔(Pemberton ), 2001 United Kingdom Census, neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. URLs accessed 11 November 2008.〕 Historically a part of Lancashire, Pemberton was formerly a township and parish in the hundred of West Derby. Following the Industrial Revolution, Pemberton became a densely populated industrial district comprising a variety of coal mines, stone-quarries, brick manufactories, and cotton mills.〔 Coal mining was the principal industry of what was described in 1911 as an "unpicturesque, bare and open" area.〔 The former Pemberton Urban District was amalgamated into the County Borough of Wigan in 1904.〔〔 ==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.〔.〕 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 of England.〔 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. The area is served by Pemberton railway station. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pemberton, Greater Manchester」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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