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Lancaster (/ ˈ l æ ŋ k ə s t ər /, / ˈ l æ n k æ s-/) is a city in Lancashire, England and the main cultural hub, economic and commercial centre of City of Lancaster district. The city is on the River Lune directly inland from Morecambe Bay.
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The City of Lancaster, or simply Lancaster ( / ˈlæŋkæstər /...
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Lancashire (/ ˈ l æ ŋ k ə ʃ ər / LAN-kə-shər, /-ʃ ɪər...
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Lancashire. Lancaster is the county town of Lancashire,...
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Lancashire (/ ˈ l æ ŋ k ə ʃ ər / LAN-kə-shər, /-ʃ ɪər /-sheer; abbreviated Lancs) is a ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Cumbria to the north, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire to the east, Greater Manchester and Merseyside to the south, and the Irish Sea to the west. The largest settlement is Blackpool.
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The town of Lancaster was an ancient borough, with its earliest known charter dating from 1193. A later charter in 1337 gave it the right to appoint a mayor. It was reformed to become a municipal borough in 1836, governed by a body formally called the "mayor, aldermen and burgesses of the borough of Lancaster", but generally known as the corporatio...
Lancaster City Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Lancashire County Council. Much of the district is covered by civil parishes, which form a third tier of local government. In the part of the district within the Yorkshire Dales National Park, town planning is the responsibility of the Yorkshire Dales Nat...
At the 2011 UK census, the City of Lancaster had a total population of 138,375. Of the 57,822 households in the city, 33.5% were married couples living together, 31.9% were one-person households, 7.8% were co-habiting couples and 10.0% were lone parents.These figures were similar to the national averages. The population density was 233/km2 (600/sq ...
At the United Kingdom Census 2001, the City of Lancaster had 97,365 residents aged 16 to 74. Of these people, 4.0% were students with jobs, 9.6% students without jobs, 5.1% looking after home or family, 6.0% permanently sick or disabled and 2.8% economically inactive for other reasons. In 2001, of the 55,906 residents of the City of Lancaster in em...
The area is served by BBC North West and ITV Granada with television signals received from the Winter HillTV transmitter and the Lancaster relay transmitter. Radio stations for the area are: 1. BBC Radio Lancashireon 104.5 FM 2. BBC Radio Cumbriacan also be received on 96.1 FM 3. Heart North Weston 96.9 FM 4. Smooth North Weston 100.4 FM 5. Greates...
Civil parishes
Most of the district's area is covered by civil parishes. The parish councils for Carnforth and Morecambe have declared their parishes to be towns, allowing them to take the style "town council". Most of the area of the pre-1974 city of Lancaster is an unparished area, as is the Heysham area of the former borough of Morecambe and Heysham.
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Lancashire. Lancaster is the county town of Lancashire, England. It is on the River Lune. As of the 2001 census, it had 45,952 people. The larger City of Lancaster local government district is named after Lancaster. Lancaster Castle is well known as the site of the Pendle witch trials in 1612 .
Lancaster, urban area (from 2011 built-up area) and city (district), administrative and historic county of Lancashire, northwestern England, at the head of the estuary of the River Lune, 7 miles (11 km) from the Irish Sea. Lancaster grew on the site of a Roman station, and traces of the Roman.
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Lancaster is a city in Lancashire, England and the main cultural hub, economic and commercial centre of City of Lancaster district. The city is on the River Lune directly inland from Morecambe Bay. Lancaster is the county town although Lancashire County Council has been based at County Hall in Preston since its formation in 1889.
The City of Lancaster (2002 population: 133,914) is a local government district in Lancashire, England. Its main town is Lancaster, from which it obtained its city status. Other towns in the district include Morecambe, Heysham, Slyne, and Carnforth. History
