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Lancashire (/ ˈlæŋkəʃər / LAN-kə-shər, /- ʃɪər / -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.
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Lancaster is Lancashire's northernmost city, three miles...
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- History of Lancashire
Lancashire is a county of England, in the northwest of the...
- Lancaster
Lancaster is Lancashire's northernmost city, three miles (4.8 km) inland from Morecambe Bay. It is on the River Lune (from which comes its name), and the Lancaster Canal.
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Lancashire takes its name from the city of Lancaster, whose name means 'Roman fort on the River Lune', combining the name of the river with the Old English cæster, which derived from the Roman word for a fort or camp. Official documents often called it the "County of Lancaster" rather than Lancashire; "Lancastershire" occurs in late 14th century, a...
At the time when the Romans arrived in England, much of northern England was inhabited by the Brigantes, though the Cumbrian highland area was inhabited by the Carvetii, who were possibly a tribe within the larger Brigantes group. Another tribe named the Setantii has also been hypothesized based on the name of a Roman era port near the mouth of the...
After Domesday, Roger's lands were returned to him and in the early 1090s Lonsdale, Cartmel and Furness were added to Roger's estates to facilitate the defence of the area south of Morecambe Bay from Scottish raiding parties, which travelled round the Cumberland coast and across the bay at low water, rather than through the mountainous regions of t...
Lancashire was one of the homes of modern industrialisation. This started with small scale experiments, for example in the automation of weaving. Lancashire had a long history of supplying wool to skilled weavers in Europe and southern England, as well as having many cottager weavers itself by the 18th century. But the advent of increased imports o...
By the census of 1971, the population of Lancashire and its county boroughs had reached 5,129,416, making it the most populous geographic county in the UK. The administrative county was also the most populous of its type outside London, with a population of 2,280,359 in 1961. In 1972, under the Courts Act 1971, the remaining major element of legal ...
Farrer, William; Brownbill, John, eds. (1906), The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster Vol 1, Victoria County History, Constable & Co, OCLC 832215399Farrer, William; Brownbill, John, eds. (1907), The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster Vol 3, Victoria County History, Constable & Co, OCLC 832215436Farrer, William; Brownbill, John, eds. (1911a), The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster Vol 4, Victoria County History, Constable & Co, OCLC 832215452Farrer, William; Brownbill, John, eds. (1911b), The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster Vol 5, Victoria County History, Constable & Co, OCLC 832215464Lancashire is a ceremonial county in the North West of England. Its two cities are Lancaster and Preston. Before 1974, Liverpool and Manchester were part of the administrative county of Lancashire.
Lancashire is a ceremonial county in the northwest of England. Its name comes from the words “lan-kə-shər” and “-ʀɥər,” which both mean “sheer.” The county is surrounded by water on four sides.
A visit to Lancashire, a county in North West England, can take you from the glitz and excitement of Blackpool's piers and pleasure beach, to pensive walls through silent moors, to explore the rich industrial heritage of its mills and working museums, or along the trail of England’s most-famous witches across Lancaster and Pendle.
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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.
