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Coordinates: 53°16′55″N 2°49′34″W / 53.282°N 2.826°W / 53.282; -2.826
Ince is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is situated immediately to the east of the Stanlow Oil Refinery. It shares Ince and Elton railway station with the village of Elton, which it runs into. According to the 2001 Census, it was recorded as having a population of 209.
Ince was formerly a township and parish in Eddisbury Hundred and became part of Ellesmere Port civil parish in 1950. The population stood at 443 in 1801, 422 in 1851 and 290 in 1901.
Ince and Elton railway station serves both Ince and Elton villages, although it is situated just within the Elton boundary. There are infrequent Monday - Saturday services to Ellesmere Port, Stanlow & Thornton, Helsby, Liverpool Lime Street, and Warrington Bank Quay. The nearest station with better services and facilities is either Ellesmere Port or Helsby.
The number 36 bus visits Ince hourly in each direction, and operates from Ellesmere Port bus station with a destination of Runcorn. This service is operated by GHA Coaches, and will be supported financially by Cheshire County Council until 6th June 2012, when the service will become the X36, running commercially between Ellesmere Port and Liverpool Airport. Ince also has a few morning and evening journeys on service DB8 to Chester Business Park.
Thomas Harper Ince (November 6, 1882 – November 19, 1924) was an American silent film actor, director, screenwriter and producer of more than 100 films and pioneering studio mogul. Known as the "Father of the Western", he invented many mechanisms of professional movie production, introducing early Hollywood to the "assembly line" system of film making. He wrote the screenplay for The Italian (1915), and directed Civilization (1916), both films selected for preservation by the United States National Film Registry. He was a partner with D.W. Griffith and Mack Sennett in the Triangle Motion Picture Company, and built his own studios in Culver City, which later became the legendary home of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Ince is also known for his death aboard the yacht of William Randolph Hearst; officially he died of heart trouble, but Hollywood rumor of the time suggested he had been shot by Hearst in a dispute over actress Marion Davies.