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Lancashire, nicknamed "The Red Rose County" within England, showing ancient extent. Lancashire is a county of England, in the northwest of the country. The county did not exist in 1086, for the Domesday Book, and was apparently first created in 1182, making it one of the youngest of the traditional counties.
Lancashire was founded in the 12th century; in the Domesday Book of 1086 much of what would become the county is treated as part of Yorkshire and Cheshire. Until the Early Modern period the county was a comparatively poor backwater, although in 1351 it became a palatine, with a semi-independent judicial system.
1 day ago · During the 7th and 8th centuries the Anglians, an Anglo-Saxon people, penetrated the area from the east and south, and it became a province of the Danish-ruled kingdom of Northumbria in the 9th century. Place-names suggest the importance of subsequent Norse settlement in the west. Lancashire was not a rich area in the Middle Ages.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
In 1182 Lancashire was first termed 'the county of Lancashire' in the pipe rolls (which were the main record of central government transactions) under King Henry II. 1267 Edmund Crouchback was created 1st Earl of Lancaster.
Lancashire , Administrative (pop. 2001: 1,134,976), historic, and geographic county, northwestern England. The administrative county comprises 12 districts. In the early Middle Ages it was a province of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria.
Lancashire was founded in the 12th century; in the Domesday Book of 1086 much of what would become the county is treated as part of Yorkshire and Cheshire. Until the Early Modern period the county was a comparatively poor backwater, although in 1351 it became a palatine, with a semi-independent judicial system.
6 days ago · In 1889, the administrative county of Lancashire was created, covering the majority of the county. This county existed until 1974 when a local government reform act led to Lancashire being split into three separate counties, with only one retaining the title of ‘Lancashire’.
