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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 a population of 1,601,645 in 2024. Preston and Blackburn are located near the centre, Burnley in the east, the seaside resort of Blackpool on the Irish Sea 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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Lytham St Annes (/ˈlɪðəm sənt ˈænz/) is a seaside town in the Borough of Fylde, Lancashire, England. It is located on the Fylde coast, directly south of Blackpool, on the Ribble Estuary. The population of the built-up area at the 2021 census was 42,695.
The town is made up of four areas: Lytham, Ansdell, Fairhaven and St Annes-on-the-Sea. Lytham is the older settlement and the parish of Lytham used to cover the whole area. St Annes was founded as a new seaside resort in the 1870s on open land at the western end of the parish. From 1878, the two towns were administered separately; Fairhaven and Ansdell were part of Lytham. They were reunited in 1922 under the compound name Lytham St Annes. A civil parish called Saint Anne's on the Sea was created in 2005 to cover the western part of the built-up area. (Full article...)
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Lancashire, nicknamed "The Red Rose County" within England, showing ancient extent (from History of Lancashire) -
Spoil heaps or "rucks" at Wharton Hall Colliery, Little Hulton (from Lancashire Coalfield) -
Worsley Delph, the entrance to the Duke of Bridgewater's underground mines (from Lancashire Coalfield) -
Parsonage Colliery in 1980 (from Lancashire Coalfield) -
Astley Green Colliery, offices and headgear (from Lancashire Coalfield) -
Southwest Lancashire in 1610. (from History of Lancashire) -
Map of mid-Lancashire, c. 400. (from History of Lancashire) -
North Lancashire in 1610. (from History of Lancashire) -
The historic county palatine boundaries in red and the ceremonial county in green (from History of Lancashire) -
A Chorley cake (left) and an Eccles cake (right) (from Chorley cake) -
British Coalfields (from Lancashire Coalfield) -
John Speed's map of the County Palatine of Lancaster, 1610 (from History of Lancashire) -
Ribble estuarine alluvium (from Geology of Lancashire) -
Monument to James Anderton OBE, inventor of the power shearer, sited in St.Helens (from Lancashire Coalfield) -
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)
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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