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Lancashire is a
Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of
Historic counties of England in the
North West England of
England, bounded to the west by the
Irish Sea. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, Lancashire and is sometimes known as the
County of Lancaster. Vision of Britain - Lancashire Its county council is based in Preston, the county's administrative capital. Lancaster, Lancashire however is still considered to be the county town. Commonly, Lancashire is referred to by the abbreviation
Lancs, originally used by the
Royal Mail. People from the county are known as
Lancastrians. The county was subject to a significant boundary change in 1974,George, D.,
Lancashire, (1991) which removed
Liverpool and Manchester with most of their surrounding conurbations to form part of the metropolitan counties of
Merseyside and Greater Manchester.Local Government Act 1972. 1972, c. 70 The Duchy of Lancaster exercises the right of the Crown in the area known as the
County Palatine of Lancaster.
Divisions and environs
The area under the control of the county council, or
shire county, is divided into a number of local government districts. They are Burnley (borough), Chorley (borough), Fylde (borough),
Hyndburn, City of Lancaster,
Pendle, Preston, the Ribble Valley,
Rossendale, South Ribble,
West Lancashire, and
Wyre. Vision of Britain - Divisions of Lancashire Lancashire County Council - Lancashire districts
Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen are unitary authority which form part of the county for various functions such as Lord Lieutenant but do not come under county council control. OPSI - The Lancashire (Boroughs of Blackburn and Blackpool) (Structural Change) Order 1996 The
Lancashire Constabulary covers the two unitary authorities. Lancashire County Council - Map of Lancashire (Unitary boundaries shown) The ceremonial county, the area including the unitary authorities, borders
Cumbria,
North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, and the metropolitan counties of
Greater Manchester, and Merseyside and forms part of the North West England region. Government Office for the North West - Local Authorities
Lancashire County Council
The county council, serving the shire county, is based in County Hall in
Preston, built as a home for the Lancashire county administration (including the Quarter Sessions and Lancashire Constabulary) and opened on September 14, 1882.
Opening of the new Town-Hall at Preston. The Times. September 15, 1882.
Lancashire local elections for 84 councillors from 84 divisions are held every four years. The council is currently controlled by the Labour Party (UK). Lancashire County Council - County Councillors by Area
Physical geography
County top
The highest point of the ceremonial county is Gragareth, near
Whernside, which reaches a height of 627 m (2,057 ft). BUBL Information Service - The Relative Hills of Britain However, Green Hill (Lancashire) near to Gragareth has also been cited as the Peak bagging. Administrative (1974) County Tops The highest point within the historic boundaries is Coniston Old Man in the
Lake District at 803 m (2,634 ft). Historic County Tops
Rivers and lakes
Lancashire drains west from the
Pennines into the Irish Sea. The major rivers which discharge into the sea are the
River Mersey (which forms the historic border with
Cheshire and is now located entirely outside the ceremonial county),
River Ribble,
River Wyre and
River Lune. Now within Cumbria are the River Leven (Cumbria) and
River Duddon (which forms the historic border with
Cumberland). Major tributaries of these rivers include the
River Calder, Lancashire, River Crake,
River Darwen, River Douglas, River Hodder,
River Irwell,
River Roch, River Tame, Greater Manchester and
River Yarrow (Lancashire).
Within the historic boundaries are the lakes of Windermere (lake),
Coniston Water and Esthwaite Water in the Lake District, which now form part of Cumbria. Cumbria County Council - Discover CumbriaHer Majesty's Stationary Office,
Aspects of Britain: Local Government, (1996) Windermere forms the traditional border with
Westmorland, as does the
River Brathay which feeds the lake at its northern end and the
River Winster and flows into the
River Kent estuary to the south-east.
History
Main article: History of Lancashire
The county was established in 1182 and later than many other counties. In the Domesday Book, its lands between the
River Ribble and the Mersey were known as "Inter Ripam et Mersham" Sylvester (1980). p. 14. and were included in the returns for Cheshire.Morgan (1978). pp.269c–301c,d. Although some have taken this to mean that south Lancashire was, at that time, part of Cheshire Booth, P. cited in George, D.,
Lancashire, (1991), it cannot be said clearly to have been part of Cheshire.Harris and Thacker (1987). write on page 252: Phillips and Phillips (2002). pp. 26–31.Crosby, A. (1996). writes on page 31: It is also claimed that the territory to the north formed, at that time, part of the
West Riding of Yorkshire. Booth, P. cited in George, D.,
Lancashire, (1991) It bordered on Cumberland, England, Westmorland, Yorkshire, and Cheshire.
The county was divided into the six hundred (division)s of Amounderness,
Blackburn (hundred), Leyland (hundred),
Lonsdale (hundred), Salford (hundred) and
West Derby (hundred). Vision of Britain - Lancashire ancient county divisions Lonsdale was further partitioned into Lonsdale North, which was the detached part north of Morecambe Bay (also known as
Furness), and Lonsdale South.
The
Red Rose of Lancaster is the traditional symbol for the
House of Lancaster, immortalized in the verse "In the battle for England's head/
House of York was white, Lancaster red" (referring to the 15th century
Wars of the Roses).
Lancashire is now much smaller than its historic extent due to a local government reform.Berrington, E.,
Change in British Politics, (1984) In 1889 an
administrative counties of England of Lancashire was created, covering the historic county except for
county boroughs such as
Liverpool and
Manchester. Vision of Britain - Lancashire ancient county boundaries The area covered by the Lord-Lieutenant (termed now a ceremonial counties of England) continued to cover the entirety of the administrative county along with the county boroughs, and thus was expanded slightly whenever boroughs annexed areas in other neighbouring counties. Examples of this include Wythenshawe (an area of Manchester south of the
River Mersey and historically in Cheshire), and southern
Warrington. This area also did not cover the western part of
Todmorden, where the traditional border between Lancashire and Yorkshire runs through the middle of the town.
During the 20th century the county became increasingly urbanised, particularly the southern part. To the existing county boroughs of
Barrow-in-Furness,
Blackburn,
Bolton, Bootle, Burnley, Bury, Liverpool, Manchester, Oldham, Preston, Rochdale, Salford,
St Helens, Merseyside and
Wigan were added
Blackpool (1904),
Southport (1905), and
Warrington (1900). The county boroughs also had many boundary extensions. The borders around the Manchester area were particularly complicated, with narrow protrusions of the administrative county between the county boroughs -
Lees, Greater Manchester urban district formed a detached part of the administrative county, between Oldham county borough and the West Riding of Yorkshire.Lord Redcliffe-Maud and Bruce Wood. English Local Government Reformed. (1974), a landmark in the Quaker history of the Society of Friends.By the
census of 1971 the population of Lancashire (including all its associated county boroughs) had reached 5,129,416, making it then the most populous geographic county in the UK. The administrative county of Lancashire was also the most populous of its type outside of London, with a population of 2,280,359 in 1961.
On 1 April
1974, under the
Local Government Act 1972, the administrative county of Lancashire was abolished, as were the county boroughs. The urbanised southern part largely became part of two new Metropolitan county. The south-western part became part of
Merseyside, the south-eastern part was incorporated into Greater Manchester.Jones, B. et al,
Politics UK, (2004) The new county of
Cumbria took the Furness exclave. The boroughs of Liverpool,
Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Metropolitan Borough of St Helens and Sefton were entirely from Lancashire. In Greater Manchester the successor boroughs were
Metropolitan Borough of Bury,
Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Manchester,
Metropolitan Borough of Oldham (part), Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale,
City of Salford,
Tameside (part), Trafford (part) and
Metropolitan Borough of Wigan.
Warrington and
Widnes, south of the new Merseyside/Greater Manchester border, rather than become part of Greater Manchester or Merseyside were instead made part of the new non-metropolitan county of Cheshire.
The urban districts of
Barnoldswick and Earby, the
Bowland Rural District and the parishes of Bracewell and Brogden and Salterforth from the Skipton Rural District from the
West Riding of Yorkshire became part of the new Lancashire.
One parish,
Simonswood, was transferred from the borough of Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley in Merseyside to the district of
West Lancashire in 1994. OPSI - The Cheshire, Lancashire and Merseyside (County and Metropolitan Borough Boundaries) Order 1993
In 1998 the county borough system re-appeared in all but name, when
Blackpool and
Blackburn with Darwen became independent unitary authorities.
The City of
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, founded in 1742, was named after Lancashire. It's neighbor city,
York, PA is located about 30 miles to the west. The
War of the Roses tradition continued with Lancaster using as its symbol the red rose, and York, the white.
Northern England referendums, 2004
In 2004 the
Boundary Committee for England published recommendations for a new systems of
Unitary Authority in the North West. A
Northern English devolution referendums, 2004 rejected a similar reform there and plans to hold a further reform in the North West, including Lancashire, were cancelled.
Local identity
A pressure group, the Friends of Real Lancashire, seek to promote use of the historic borders, and raised a petition in 1994 with 30,000 signatures calling "for the restoration of Lancashire's historic boundaries" - the petition requested that the "Metropolitan Counties of Merseyside, Greater Manchester and Cumbria be abolished and the real and historic county of Lancashire be restored". There is also a long-running campaign for Southport to be removed from
Sefton in Merseyside.Final Recommendations on the Future Local Government of Sefton, Local Government Commission for England, November 1997.
Greater Manchester was never adopted as a
Postal counties of the United Kingdom by the
Royal Mail, and so places in Greater Manchester retained their Lancashire and Cheshire addresses until the abolition of postal counties in 1996. Rochdale and Wigan, for example, were classed as parts of Lancashire. Other changes to the administrative borders were reflected in the postal counties.
Lancashire has a fairly strong identity as a county. In the areas that have since been transferred into other adminstrative counties, attachment to Lancashire varies. In the Lancastrian parts of Greater Manchester, attachment to Lancashire is still strong, but the parts that were transferred to Cumbria have largely adopted their new county. In Merseyside, attachment to Lancashire tends to weaken as you get closer to Liverpool itself.Alan Crosby,
The Lancashire Dictionary, page xiii for Cumbria and page xix for Merseyside
Duchy of Lancaster
The
Duchy of Lancaster is one of two remaining royal duchies in the United Kingdom. It has large landholdings throughout the region and elsewhere, and operates as a property company, but also exercises the right of the Crown in the
County Palatine of Lancaster. The Duchy of Lancaster - Boundary Map The Duchy's website now describes the County Palatine as comprising of "the counties of Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside and the Furness area of Cumbria" Duchy of Lancaster website. These new counties include areas formerly in
Cheshire and Yorkshire and it is unclear as to whether this is a reference to the whole of the new counties or just the parts that comprised the Palatine prior to the 1974 boundary changes. However, in 1992 it was stated by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, William Waldegrave, Baron Waldegrave of North Hill that the "boundaries of the county palatine are the same as the county boundaries which existed prior to local government reorganisation in 1973" House of Commons Hansard debates for 15 June 1992 (2nd paragraph in "Duchy of Lancaster" section
High Sheriffs for Lancashire, Greater Manchester and Merseyside are appointed "within the Duchy and County Palatine of Lancaster".
High Sheriffs, The Times, March 21, 1985
The Duchy administers
bona vacantia within the County Palatine, receiving the property of persons who die intestate, and where the legal ownership cannot be ascertained.
There is no separate Duke of Lancaster, the title having merged in the Crown many centuries ago - but the Duchy is administered by the Queen in Right of the Duchy of Lancaster. A separate court system for the county palatine was finally abolished by
Courts Act 1971. A particular form of the The Loyal Toast is still in regular local use: 'The Queen, Duke of Lancaster'.
Industry and commerce
Lancashire in the 19th century was a major centre of industrial activity and hence of wealth. Activities included mining and textile production (particularly cotton), though on the coast there was also fishing. Historically, the docks in
Preston were an industrial port, though are now disused for commercial purposes. Lancashire was historically the location of the
:Category:Mersey Docks (now on Merseyside) while Barrow-in-Furness (now in Cumbria) is famous for shipbuilding.
Today Lancashire is home to firms such as
BAE Systems (which has four factories in Lancashire including
Warton Aerodrome and
BAE Samlesbury, major centres of production for the Eurofighter Typhoon and F-35 Joint Strike Fighter), H. J. Heinz Company, TVR cars, Leyland Trucks and Marconi Corporation plc telecoms.
Economic output
This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of the non-metropolitan county of Lancashire at current basic prices published (pp.240-253) by
Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.{| class="wikitable"|-! Year || Regional Gross Value AddedComponents may not sum to totals due to rounding || Agricultureincludes hunting and forestry || Industryincludes energy and construction || Servicesincludes financial intermediation services indirectly measured|-| 1995 ||
13,789 || 344 || 5,461 || 7,984|-| 2000 ||
16,584 || 259 || 6,097 || 10,229|-| 2003 ||
19,206 || 294 || 6,352 || 12,560|}
Transport
Lancashire has a well-developed transport infrastructure Lancashire County Council - Local Transport Plan with an extensive network of motorways covering the county. The West Coast Main Line provides direct rail links with
London and other major cities, with stations at
Preston railway station and
Lancaster railway station. The county has :Category:Railway stations in Lancashire. The county is served by
Blackpool International Airport, however Manchester Airport in Greater Manchester is the main airport in the region.
Liverpool John Lennon Airport, on Merseyside is also nearby.
Heysham and Fleetwood offer ferry services to Ireland and the Isle of Man. Transport for Lancashire - Lancashire Inter Urban Bus and Rail Map (PDF) As part of its industrial past, Lancashire gave rise to an extensive network of canals, which extend into neighbouring counties. These include the
Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Lancaster Canal, Bridgewater Canal, Rochdale Canal, Ashton Canal and Manchester Ship Canal.
Demographics
The major settlements in the ceremonial county are concentrated on the Fylde peninsula coast (the Blackpool Urban Area), and a belt of towns running west-east along the
M65 motorway - Preston, Blackburn,
Accrington,
Burnley, Nelson, Lancashire and Colne. South of Preston are the towns of
Leyland and
Chorley - the three formed part of the
Central Lancashire New Town designated in 1970. The north is generally sparsely populated, with Morecambe and
Lancaster, Lancashire forming a small conurbation.
Settlements
Main article: List of places in Lancashire.
The table below has divided the settlements into their local authority district. Each district has a centre of administration; for some of these correlate with a district's largest town, while others are named after the geographical area.
{| class="wikitable"! Ceremonial county! Administration borough/district! Centre of administration! Other towns, villages and settlements|-|rowspan=14|
Lancashire| Blackburn with Darwen (Unitary)|
Blackburn, [Chapeltown, Lancashire,
Darwen,
Edgworth, Lancashire, Tockholes (Unitary)| [Blackpool, [Layton, Blackpool|-| Burnley (borough)| Burnley, [Padiham, Rose Grove,
Worsthorne, Cliviger.]|
Chorley, [Clayton-le-Woods,
Coppull,
Croston,
Eccleston, Lancashire, Euxton,
Whittle-le-Woods| [Lytham St Annes, [Kirkham, Lancashire, Warton, Fylde, Wrea Green| [Accrington, [Clayton-le-Moors,
Great Harwood, Oswaldtwistle,
Rishton| [Lancaster, Lancashire| Bolton-le-Sands, Carnforth,
Heysham,
Morecambe,]| Nelson, Lancashire| Barnoldswick †, Barrowford, Brierfield, Colne,
Earby †,
Foulridge, Trawden| [Preston, [Broughton, Lancashire, Fulwood, Lancashire, Goosnargh, Grimsargh, Whittingham, Lancashire|-| Ribble Valley| Clitheroe, [Chipping, Lancashire, Hurst Green, Lancashire,
Longridge,
Read, Lancashire,
Ribchester, Slaidburn,
Whalley, Wilpshire,]|
Rawtenstall, [Chatterton, Lancashire, Edenfield, Haslingden, Helmshore,
Whitworth, Lancashire|-|
South Ribble|
Leyland, Lancashire|
Bamber Bridge,
Farington,
Longton, Lancashire, Lostock Hall, Penwortham, Samlesbury,
Walton-le-Dale| [Ormskirk, [Aughton, Lancashire, Banks, Lancashire,
Bickerstaffe, Burscough, Downholland, Great Altcar,
Halsall, Lathom,
Parbold, Rufford, Lancashire,
Scarisbrick,
Skelmersdale,
Tarleton, Upholland| [Poulton-le-Fylde, [Cleveleys,
Fleetwood, Garstang, Pilling,
Preesall,
St Michael's On Wyre,
Thornton, Lancashire|-|}
This table does not form an extensive list of the settlements in the ceremonial county. More settlements can be found at :Category:Towns in Lancashire, :Category:Villages in Lancashire, and :Category:Parishes of Lancashire.
Some settlements which were historically part of the county now fall under the counties of
West Yorkshire, Cheshire, Merseyside,
Greater Manchester and Cumbria: Vision of Britain - Lancashire boundaries 1974 Vision of Britain - Lancashire ancient boundariesChandler, J.,
Local Government Today, (2001)Youngs. Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England. Volume 2. Northern England.
{],
Ashton-under-Lyne,
Bolton, Bury, Chadderton,
Denton, Greater Manchester, Eccles, Greater Manchester,
Farnworth, Heywood, Greater Manchester,
Horwich, Hindley, Greater Manchester,
Leigh, Greater Manchester,
Manchester, Middleton, Greater Manchester, Oldham,
Prestwich, Radcliffe, Greater Manchester,
Rochdale,
Salford, Swinton and Pendlebury, Tyldesley, Westhoughton, Wigan, [Crosby, Merseyside,
Formby, Huyton, Kirkby,
Liverpool,
Maghull,
Newton-le-Willows, Prescot, St Helens, Merseyside,
Southport, [Coniston, Cumbria, Dalton-in-Furness, Grange-over-Sands, Ulverston, [Widnes|}
Note: [City status in the United Kingdom are in
bold† - part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974
Boundary changes to occur before 1974 include:
- Todmorden (split between Lancashire and Yorkshire) entirely to West Riding of Yorkshire in 1889
- Mossley (split between Lancashire, Yorkshire and Cheshire) entirely to Lancashire in 1889
- Stalybridge, entirely to Cheshire in 1889
- the former county boroughs of Manchester and Warrington both extended south of the Mersey into historic Cheshire (areas such as Wythenshawe and Latchford)
- correspondingly, the former county borough of Stockport extended north into historic Lancashire, including areas such as Reddish and the Four Heatons (Heaton Chapel, Heaton Mersey, Heaton Moor and Heaton Norris).
Sport
stadium home of
Preston North EndLancashire is one of Britain's most successful sporting counties.
Cricket
Lancashire County Cricket Club, based at the
County Ground, Old Trafford, LCCC contact details has been one of the most successful
county cricket teams, particularly in the one-day cricket game. It is home to
England cricket team members
Andrew Flintoff, James Anderson (cricketer) and
Sajid Mahmood.
Historically important local cricket leagues include the Lancashire League and the Central Lancashire League, both of which were formed in 1892. These league clubs hire international professional players to play alongside their amateur players.
Football
Six of the twelve clubs which founded the
Football League were from Lancashire.
Based in ceremonial Lancashire are FA Premier League team
Blackburn Rovers F.C., Football League Championship teams Burnley F.C.,
Preston North End F.C. and Blackpool F.C. and from League Two: Accrington Stanley F.C..
Based in other ceremonial counties are Premiership teams
Bolton Wanderers F.C.,
Everton F.C.,
Liverpool F.C., Manchester City F.C., Manchester United F.C. and
Wigan Athletic F.C.. Oldham Athletic F.C. play in League One and
Bury F.C. and Rochdale F.C. play in League Two. All of these teams are part of the
Historic counties of England a county under which they have played for the majority of their history.
Together these teams have achieved 51
the Football League/
FA Premier League titles, 7 European Cups and 42 FA Cups.
Rugby
Several successful
rugby league teams are based within the historic boundaries of Lancashire, mainly in the south of the county:
Of these only Blackpool Panthers are based within the ceremonial county.
Rugby union teams include Sale Sharks, Fylde rugby,
Orrell R.U.F.C. and Preston Grasshoppers R.F.C..
Other
Two of the nine golf courses on the
Open Championship rota are in historic Lancashire: Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club at
Lytham St Annes and Royal Birkdale Golf Club near
Southport.
Lancashire has a long history of catch wrestling, developing its own style called Lancashire wrestling with many clubs that over the years have produced many renowned wrestlers. Some of these have crossed over into the mainstream world of
professional wrestling, including
Billy Riley, Davey Boy Smith,
William Regal and Tom Billington.
Cuisine
, LancasterLancashire is widely-known for its eponymous Lancashire Hotpot, a casserole dish traditionally made with
lamb and for
Lancashire cheese, reputed to be the best toasting cheese in the world. Other traditional foods from the area include:
- Black peas, also known as parched peas: popular in Bolton and Preston.
- Black Pudding: long associated with the town of Bury.
- Simnel cake: cross between a fruitcake and a biscuit. Eaten on Simnel or Lent.
- Butter Cake - slice of bread and butter.
- Clapbread: oatcake.
- Chorley cakes: from the town of Chorley.
- Faggot (food): faggots as in savoury ducks.
- Eccles cakes: from the town of Eccles, Greater Manchester.
- Fag Pie: pie made from chopped dried figs, sugar and lard. Associated with Blackburn and Burnley where it was the highlight of Fag Pie Sunday (Lent).
- Fish and Chips: first fish and chip shop in northern England opened in Mossley near Oldham around 1863. History of fish and chips
- Frog-i'-th'-'ole pudding: now known as toad in the hole.
- Frumenty: sweet porridge. Once a popular dish at Lancashire festivals like Christmas and Easter Monday.
- Goosnargh Cakes: Small flat shortbread biscuits with coriander or caraway seeds pressed into the biscuit before baking. Traditionally baked on feast days like Shrove Tuesday.
- Jannock: cake or small loaf of oatmeal. Allegedly introduced to Lancashire (possibly Bolton by Flemish people weavers.
- Nettle Porridge: a common starvation diet in Lancashire in the early 1800s. Made from boiled stinging nettles with perhaps a handful of meal.
- Ormskirk Gingerbread: local delicacy which were sold all over South Lancashire
- Pobs, Pobbies: bread and milk.
- Potato Hotpot, a variation of the Lancashire Hotpot without meat also known as fatherless pie.
- Ran Dan: barley bread. Food of last resort for the poor at the end of the 18th Century and beginning of the 19th Century.
- Rag Pudding: Traditional Suet Pudding filled with Minced Meat and Onions.
- Sad Cake: A traditional cake, perhaps a variation of the more widely known Chorley cake, once common around Burnley.
- Scouse (food), a type of stew popular in Liverpool (historically part of Lancashire).
- Throdkins: a traditional breakfast food of Fylde peninsula.
Famous Lancastrians
As one of the most populous counties Lancashire has produced many famous names. See
:Category:People from Lancashire.
Places of interest
The following are places of interest in the ceremonial county:
- Arnside and Silverdale AONB
- Astley Green Colliery Museum, Tyldesley
- Astley Hall
- Beacon Fell Country Park, Lancashire
- Blackburn Cathedral
- Blackpool Pleasure Beach
- Blackpool Tower
- Blackpool Zoo
- British Commercial Vehicle Museum, Leyland
- Camelot Theme Park
- Clegg Hall
- Darwen Tower
- East Lancashire Railway
- Forest of Bowland: Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
- Gawthorpe Hall, Padiham
- Harris Museum
- Helmshore Textile Museum
- Hoghton Tower
- Irwell Sculpture Trail
- Lancaster Castle
- Lancaster Cathedral
- Lathom Park Chapel, site of Lathom Hall, seat of the Earls of Derby
- RSPB Leighton Moss nature reserve, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
- WWT Martin Mere, Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust nature reserve, Burscough
- Morecambe Bay
- Museum of Lancashire
- National Football Museum
- Pendle Hill
- Pennington Flash
- The Pennines , provide great opportunity for Mountain Biking
- Rock Climbing is popular with the area having some 6,600+ routes to climb many of which are in disused Quarry.
- Rufford Old Hall
- Samlesbury Hall
- St Walburge's Church
- Stonyhurst College - a Manor House dating back to 1592, now an English public school, run by the Jesuits
- Towneley Hall, Burnley
- West Lancashire Light Railway
- West Pennine Moors
- Williamson Park and the Ashton Memorial
- Witton Country Park
- Yarrow Valley Park
Notes and References
Bibliography
- Crosby, A. (1996). A History of Cheshire. (The Darwen County History Series.) Chichester, West Sussex, UK: Phillimore & Co. Ltd. ISBN 0850339324.
- Harris, B. E., and Thacker, A. T. (1987). The Victoria History of the County of Chester. (Volume 1: Physique, Prehistory, Roman, Anglo-Saxon, and Domesday). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0197227619.
- Morgan, P. (1978). Domesday Book Cheshire: Including Lancashire, Cumbria, and North Wales. Chichester, Sussex: Phillimore & Co. Ltd. ISBN 0850331404.
- Phillips A. D. M., and Phillips, C. B. (2002), A New Historical Atlas of Cheshire. Chester, UK: Cheshire County Council and Cheshire Community Council Publications Trust. ISBN 0904532461.
- Sylvester, D. (1980). A History of Cheshire. (The Darwen County History Series). (2nd Edition.) London and Chichester, Sussex: Phillimore & Co. Ltd. ISBN 0850333849.
External links
- Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2), by John Roby
- Lancashire Lantern, The Lancashire Life and Times E-Resource network
- Website of the film 'Catch - the hold not taken', a look at the cultural significance of wrestling in Lancashire
- Lancashire County Council - MARIO (Mapping portal)
- Map of Lancashire
- Photographs of Lancashire
- An online survey about Lancashire dialect
- The Lancashire Dialect Society
- Official Lancashire Tourism information
Lancashire County Council
Detailed information about the council and its services for residents, tourists and businesses. Lists press releases, contact details and external sites.
Lancashire library and information service
Lancashire County Library and Information Service ... Music And Drama Open Days. We now offer Open Days for choirs, orchestras and drama groups in Lancashire.
Lancashire Police home page: Lancashire Constabulary
The official web site of the police, lists local services, news, HQ information, crime prevention and recruitment.
Jobs: Lancashire Constabulary
The Lancashire Constabulary is a police force in the north west of England. ... Find your local officers, read about what's happening in your area, meetings & news.
Lancashire County Council - MARIO - Maps And Related Information ...
Use this site to find your way around the County Of Lancashire: Find any address or a road within the county and find information about where you live.
Lancashire County Cricket Club - Official Website
Official site includes fixtures, news, team, tours, membership and contacts.
Lancashire news, sport and entertainment from Lancashire, Greater ...
County-wide news, sports, local information, what's on, leisure guide, tourism, web directory, holiday offers, schools guide, good pubs guide, and wedding guide. Offers free ...
Lancashire & Blackpool - Hotels - Lancashire England - Lancashire ...
Official website of the Lancashire and Blackpool tourist board. Includes a Countryside, accommodation, things to do and food and drinks guide.
Lancashire Lantern
Welcome to the Lancashire Image Archive – you can access our collections of local photographs, postcards and other images held in libraries across the county, as ...
Lancashire lantern - Lancashire life and times e-resource network
The Lancashire Life and Times E-Resource network allows you to search in any or all of the following databases which are provided and ...