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Lancashire (/ˈlæŋkəʃər/ LANG-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. The largest settlement is the city of Preston.
The county has an area of 3,079 square kilometres (1,189 sq mi) and had an estimated population of 1,601,645 in 2024. Preston and Blackburn are near the centre of the county, Burnley is in the east, the seaside resort of Blackpool on the coast in the west, and the city of Lancaster in the north. For local government purposes the county comprises a non-metropolitan county, with twelve districts, and two unitary authority areas: Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool. Lancashire County Council and the two unitary councils collaborate through the Lancashire Combined County Authority. The county historically included the Furness and Cartmel peninsulas of Cumbria, northern Greater Manchester and Merseyside, and Warrington, but excluded the eastern part of the Forest of Bowland. (Full article...)
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Blackpool is a seaside town in Lancashire, England. It is located on the Irish Sea coast of the Fylde peninsula, approximately 27 miles (43 km) north of Liverpool and 14 miles (23 km) west of Preston. It is the main settlement in the borough of the same name.
Blackpool was originally a hamlet; it began to grow in the mid-eighteenth century, when sea bathing for health purposes became fashionable. Blackpool's beach was suitable for this activity and, by 1781, several hotels had been built. The opening of a railway station in 1846 allowed more visitors to reach the resort, which continued to grow for the remainder of the nineteenth century. In 1876, the town became a borough. Blackpool's development was closely tied to the Lancashire cotton-mill practice of annual factory maintenance shutdowns, known as Wakes Weeks, when many workers chose to visit the seaside. The town saw large growth during the late Victorian and Edwardian periods. By 1951, its population had reached 147,000. (Full article...)
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Ribble estuarine alluvium (from Geology of Lancashire)
Southwest Lancashire in 1610. (from History of Lancashire)
Parsonage Colliery in 1980 (from Lancashire Coalfield)
Lancashire, nicknamed "The Red Rose County" within England, showing ancient extent (from History of Lancashire)
North Lancashire in 1610. (from History of Lancashire)
John Speed's map of the County Palatine of Lancaster, 1610 (from History of Lancashire)
Eccles cake and Lancashire cheese at a restaurant (from Lancashire cheese)
The Red Rose of Lancaster is the county flower of Lancashire, and a common symbol for the county. (from History of Lancashire)
Worsley Delph, the entrance to the Duke of Bridgewater's underground mines (from Lancashire Coalfield)
Monument to James Anderton OBE, inventor of the power shearer, sited in St.Helens (from Lancashire Coalfield)
Map of mid-Lancashire, c. 400. (from History of Lancashire)
British Coalfields (from Lancashire Coalfield)
A Chorley cake (left) and an Eccles cake (right) (from Chorley cake)
Spoil heaps or "rucks" at Wharton Hall Colliery, Little Hulton (from Lancashire Coalfield)
Astley Green Colliery, offices and headgear (from Lancashire Coalfield)
The historic county palatine boundaries in red and the ceremonial county in green (from History of Lancashire)
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?
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