Portal:Lancashire
Introduction
Lancashire (/ˈlæŋkəʃər/ LANG-kə-shər, /-ʃɪər/ -sheer; abbreviated Lancs.) is a ceremonial county and geographical area in North West England. The ceremonial county's administrative centre is Preston, while Lancaster is still the county town. The borders of the ceremonial county were created by the Local Government Act 1972 (enacted 1974) and enclose a population of 1,449,300 and an area of 1,189 square miles (3,080 km2).
However, this is only a small portion of the extent of the historic county palatine, which includes the large cities of Manchester and Liverpool as well as the Furness and Cartmel peninsulas in the Lake District, and has an area of 1,909 square miles (4,940 km2). Many of these places still identify strongly with the county, particularly in areas of Greater Manchester (such as Oldham and Bury) where Lancashire is still used as part of the postal address. The population of Lancashire in the 1971 census (before local government changes) was 5,118,405, making it the most heavily populated county in the United Kingdom at the time (other than Greater London, which had only been created in 1965). (Full article...)
Selected article
Blackburn Olympic F.C. was an English association football club based in Blackburn, Lancashire in the late 19th century. Although the club was only in existence for just over a decade, it is significant in the history of football in England as the first club from the north of the country and the first from a working-class background to win the country's leading competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup (FA Cup).
The club was formed in 1878 and initially took part only in minor local competitions. In 1880, the club entered the FA Cup for the first time, and three years later defeated Old Etonians at Kennington Oval to win the trophy. This victory was a significant factor in the decision by the sport's governing body, The Football Association, to allow professionalism two years later. Olympic, however, proved unable to compete with wealthier and better-supported clubs in the professional era, and folded in 1889.
Selected settlement
Lancaster is the county town of Lancashire, England. It is situated on the River Lune and has a population of 45,952. Lancaster is a constituent settlement of the wider City of Lancaster, local government district which has a population of 133,914 and encompasses several outlying towns, including neighbouring Morecambe.
Long existing as a commercial, cultural and educational centre, Lancaster is the settlement that gives Lancashire its name. Lancaster has several unique ties to the British monarchy; the House of Lancaster was a branch of the English royal family, whilst the Duchy of Lancaster holds large estates on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II, who herself is also the Duke of Lancaster. Lancaster was granted city status in 1937.
Recognised content
Featured Articles:
Blackburn Olympic F.C., Pendle witches, Samlesbury witches
Featured Lists:
List of Nelson F.C. seasons, Listed buildings in Rivington
Good Articles:
1920–21 Burnley F.C. season, 1922–23 Nelson F.C. season, East Lancashire Railway 1844–1859, Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster, Preston railway station, River Irwell, Rivington, Stonyhurst College, Turf Moor, William Sudell
Selected images
Theme Park
Queen Street Mill, the world's only surviving steam-driven cotton weaving shed, located in Burnley
Castle
Historic house
Topography of Lancashire
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Accessible open space
Bank Hall, Bretherton, a Jacobean mansion house, awaiting restoration. Home to Lancashire's oldest Yew tree and one of the two fallen sequoia in the UK.
Museum
Country park
Theme Park
National Trust
Lancashire, County Palatine shown within England
Country park
The M6 near Carnforth
Heritage railway
Country park
National Trust
Church
Historic house
Cattle grazing on the salt marshes of the Ribble Estuary near Banks
Historic house
Heritage railway
The Beatles began in Liverpool before the city's county was changed from Lancashire to Merseyside
Cathedral
Ashton Memorial, Lancaster
Rivington Pike, near Horwich, atop the West Pennine Moors, is one of the most popular walking destinations in the county; on a clear day the whole of the county can be viewed from here.
The historic county palatine boundaries in red and the ceremonial county in green
Historic house
Accessible open space
Historic house
Accessible open space
Historic house
Historic house
The Red Rose of Lancaster
The Countie Pallatine of Lancaster Described and Divided into Hundreds, 1610, a map of Lancashire engraved in around 1627 by John Speed. The map features a street plan of the county town, Lancaster, and side panels containing portraits of kings from the House of Lancaster and the House of York.
Museum
Blackpool Tower, completed in 1894
Heritage railway
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Cathedral
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Castle
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Did you know ...
- ... that the flushwork decorating parts of St John the Baptist's Church, Pilling (pictured), Lancashire, is in two colours of sandstone rather than the more usual materials of flint and stone?
- ... that former Burnley chairman Bob Lord described coach Billy Dougall, who worked for the football club for 23 years, as the finest servant a club could have?
