Lancashire

{| border=1 cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" align="right" width=250 |- !colspan=2 align=center bgcolor="#ff9999"|Lancashire |- |colspan=2 align=center| |- !colspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Geography |- |width="45%"|Status:||Ceremonial counties of England & (smaller) Administrative counties of England County |- |Region:||North West England |- |Surface area:
- Total
- Admin. council
- Admin. area||List of Ceremonial counties of England by Area
1 E9 m2 square kilometre
List of Administrative shire counties of England by Area
2,903 km² |- |Admin HQ:||Preston |- |ISO 3166-2:GB:||GB-LAN |- |ONS coding system:||30 |- |Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics 3:||UKD43 |- !colspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Demographics |- |Population:
- Total (2003 est.)
- Density
- Admin. council
- Admin. pop.||List of Ceremonial counties of England by Population
1,429,212
465 / km²
List of Administrative shire counties of England by Population
1,146,979 |- |Ethnicity:||93.4% White
5.3% S.Asian |- !colspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Politics |- |colspan=2 align=center|
Lancashire County Council
http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/ |- |Executive:||The Labour Party (UK) |- |colspan=2 align=center|MPs elected in the UK general election, 2005 |- |colspan=2| Janet Anderson, David Borrow, Rosie Cooper, Nigel Evans, Mark Hendrick, Lindsay Hoyle, Joan Humble, Michael Jack, Gordon Marsden, Greg Pope, Gordon Prentice, Geraldine Smith, Jack Straw (politician), Kitty Ussher, Ben Wallace (UK politician) |- !colspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Districts |- |colspan=2| #West Lancashire #Chorley #South Ribble #Fylde #Preston #Wyre #City of Lancaster #Ribble Valley #Pendle #Burnley (borough) #Rossendale #Hyndburn #Blackpool (Unitary) #Blackburn with Darwen (Unitary) |} Lancashire (archaically, the ''County of Lancaster'') is a county palatine of England, lying on the Irish Sea. Its name is sometimes abbreviated to Lancs. Its traditional county town was Lancaster, England, but the county council is now based in Preston. The county borders Cumbria, North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, and Merseyside, and contains the unitary authority of Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen. Lancashire is divided into a number of local government districts. These are Burnley (borough), Chorley, Fylde, Hyndburn, City of Lancaster, Pendle, Preston, the Ribble Valley, Rossendale, South Ribble, West Lancashire, and Wyre. The highest point of the county is Green Hill, near Whernside, which reaches a height of 687m. ==Settlements== These are the main towns in Lancashire, for a complete list of settlements see list of places in Lancashire. *Accrington, Adlington *Bacup, Lancashire, Bamber Bridge, Barnoldswick, Bickerstaffe, Blackburn, Blackpool, Burnley, Burscough, Brindle *Carnforth, Chipping, Chorley, Clayton-le-Moors, Cleveleys, Clitheroe, Colne *Dalton, Darwen *Earby *Fleetwood, Freckleton *Galgate, Garstang, Gisburn, Goosnargh, Great Harwood *Haslingden, Heysham, Hoghton *Kirkham, Lancashire, Knott End-on-sea *Lancaster, England, Lathom, Leyland, Longridge, Lytham *Mawdesley, Morecambe *Nelson, England *Ormskirk, Oswaldtwistle *Padiham, Parbold, Pendle, Poulton-le-Fylde, Preston *Rawtenstall, Ribchester, Rufford *Silverdale, Lancashire, Skelmersdale, Slaidburn, St Annes *Thornton, Lancashire, Trawden, Tyldesley *Upholland *Whalley ==Places of interest== *Astley Green Colliery Museum, Tyldesley *Astley Hall *British Commercial Vehicle Museum, Leyland *East Lancashire Railway, a heritage railway *Helmshore Textile Museum *Hoghton Tower *Samlesbury Hall *Lathom Park Chapel, site of Lathom Hall, seat of the Earls of Derby *Lancaster Castle *Forest of Bowland *Forest of Bowland AONB - Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty *RSPB Leighton Moss nature reserve, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds *Morecambe Bay *WWT Martin Mere, Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust reserve, Burscough *Wyre Forest NNR National Nature Reserve *Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Ribble Link *River Ribble, River Douglas, River Tawd, River Lostock, River Irwell, River Roch *Williamson Park and the Ashton Memorial ==History== ''Main article: History of Lancashire.'' traditional_counties_of_England.">Image:EnglandLancashireTrad.png|frame|Lancashire as a traditional counties of England. The county was established in 1183. In the Domesday Book, its lands had been treated as part of Cheshire and of Yorkshire. It bordered Cumberland, England, Westmorland, Yorkshire, and Cheshire. The historic county was divided into the six hundred (division)s of Amounderness, Blackburn (hundred), Leyland (hundred), Lonsdale (hundred), Salford (hundred) and West Derby (hundred). Lonsdale was further partitioned into Lonsdale North, which was the detached part north of Morecambe Bay (also known as Furness), and Lonsdale South. The Loyal Toast, 'The Queen, the Duke of Lancaster' is still in regular use. See also Duchy of Lancaster. The modern administrative area is now rather smaller than that of the historic county due to a local government reform. On April 1, 1974 the Furness exclave was given to the new county of Cumbria, the south east being given to Greater Manchester, and the south-west becoming Merseyside. Warrington and surrounding districts including the villages of Winwick and Croft and Risley and Culcheth were annexed to Cheshire. A part of the West Riding of Yorkshire near Clitheroe, was transferred to Lancashire also. In 1998 Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen became independent of the county as unitary authorities, but remained in Lancashire for ceremonial purposes, as well as for fire and rescue and policing. == Rejected options for change == On May 25, 2004 the Boundary Committee for England published recommendations for systems of Unitary Authority to be put to referendum as described under Subdivisions of England, but on Thursday 4 November 2004 the referendum for the North East decided by a margin of 78% to 22% against an elected regional assembly. On 8 November the Deputy Prime Minister announced "I will not therefore be bringing forward orders for referendums in either the North West, or Yorkshire and the Humber". *[http://www.odpm.gov.uk/stellent/groups/odpm_about/documents/page/odpm_about_032697.hcsp Statement by Deputy Prime Minister] == External links == *[http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/ Lancashire County Council] *[http://www.forl.co.uk/ Friends of Real Lancashire] *[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/15271 Traditions of Lancashire], Volume 1 (of 2), by John Roby Lancashire

Lancashire

This category contains articles relating to Lancashire. Counties of England

Lancashire

#The whole of Ormskirk is now included in the Sefton and West Lancashire option. Does the map need updating? User:80.229.39.194 14:44, 12 Jul 2004 (UTC) #I have added a paragraph about the results of the referendum of 4 November 2004. Maybe the relevant section needs editing -- possibly simply a sentence stating that changes were planned but have been rejected? The information about the referendum then needs to be added either to entries for other regions, or to a single cross-referenced entry. User:213.208.107.91 04:50, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC) #Following my previous comment, I have deleted all the detail about the changes that were proposed but have been rejected, adding instead a link to Subdivisions of England, where details can be found. If articles on other regions are edited similarly, these details, and any updates, will be found in one place. If anyone disagrees strongly, the details I deleted here can be reinstated. User:213.208.107.91 05:13, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)

See other meanings of words starting from letter:

L

LA | LB | LC | LD | LE | LF | LG | LH | LI | LJ | LK | LM | LN | LO | LP | LR | LS | LT | LU | LW | LX | LY | LZ |

Words begining with Lancashire:

Lancashire
Lancashire
Lancashire
Lancashire,_England
Lancashire,_north_of_the_sands
Lancashire,_north_of_the_sands
Lancashire_&_Yorkshire_Railway
Lancashire_and_Yorkshire_Railway
Lancashire_and_Yorkshire_Railway
Lancashire_and_Yorkshire_roses.svg
Lancashire_CCC
Lancashire_cheese
Lancashire_County_Cricket_Club
Lancashire_County_Cricket_Club_in_2005
Lancashire_cricketers
Lancashire_Cup_(rugby_league)
Lancashire_Fusiliers
Lancashire_Heeler
Lancashire_Hotpot
Lancashire_Hotpot
Lancashire_League
Lancashire_Lightning
Lancashire_Mill_Towns
Lancashire_Oaks
Lancashire_parks_and_commons
Lancashire_Queens_Regiment_Museum
Lancashire_Regiment_(Prince_of_Wales's_Volunteers)
Lancashire_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)
Lancashire_Witches
Lancashire_wrestling