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![]() ![]() It did not cover the western part of Todmorden, where the ancient border between Lancashire and Yorkshire passes through the middle of the town.ĭuring the 20th century, the county became increasingly urban with Warrington (1900), Blackpool (1904) and Southport (1905) becoming county boroughs, with many boundary extensions. It expanded whenever boroughs annexed areas in neighbouring counties such as Wythenshawe in Manchester south of the River Mersey and from Cheshire, and southern Warrington. The area served by the Lord-Lieutenant (termed now a ceremonial county) covered the entirety of the administrative county and the county boroughs. Multiple county boroughs were outside the county council control Barrow-in-Furness, Blackburn, Bolton, Bootle, Burnley, Bury, Liverpool, Manchester, Oldham, Preston, Rochdale, Salford, St. In 1889, the administrative county of Lancashire was created, covering the greater part of the county. Since the Victorian era, Lancashire has had multiple reforms of local government. ![]() Lonsdale was further partitioned into Lonsdale North, the detached part north of the sands of Morecambe Bay including Furness and Cartmel, and Lonsdale South. It was divided into the hundreds of Amounderness, Blackburn, Leyland, Lonsdale, Salford and West Derby. The county was established in 1182, and came to be bordered by Cumberland, Westmorland, Yorkshire, and Cheshire. 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. The Countie Pallatine of Lancaster Described and Divided into Hundreds, 1610, a map of Lancashire engraved in around 1627 by John Speed. It is also claimed that the territory to the north formed part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Although some historians consider this to mean south Lancashire was then part of Cheshire, it is by no means certain. In the Domesday Book, land between the Ribble and Mersey were known as " Inter Ripam et Mersam" and included in the returns for Cheshire. During the mid-8th century, the area was incorporated into the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Northumbria from the north of the River Ribble and the Kingdom of Mercia from the south, which both became parts of England in the 10th century. In the centuries after the Roman withdrawal in 410AD the northern parts of the county probably formed part of the Brythonic kingdom of Rheged, a successor entity to the Brigantes tribe. The towns of Manchester, Lancaster, Ribchester, Burrow, Elslack and Castleshaw grew around Roman forts. Main article: History of Lancashire Before the county ĭuring Roman times the area was part of the Brigantes tribal area in the military zone of Roman Britain. ![]() Today the ceremonial county borders Cumbria to the north, Greater Manchester and Merseyside to the south, and North and West Yorkshire to the east, with a coastline on the Irish Sea to the west. It also contains Martin Mere, a nature reserve which is the remnant of what was England's largest lake. The county contains large parts of the Arnside and Silverdale and Forest of Bowland Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and the entirety of the Ribble and Alt Estuaries Site of Special Scientific Interest. The geography of Lancashire is characterised by plains and low hills in the west, rising to the larger hills of the Pennines in the east. In 1998 the boroughs of Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool were made unitary authorities, removing them from the non-metropolitan county. At the same time Lancashire gained some land from the West Riding of Yorkshire. The establishment of Merseyside and Greater Manchester removed much of the south of the county, including Liverpool and Manchester, and in the north the Furness and Cartmel peninsulas became part of Cumbria. In 1974 the administrative county boundaries were reformed. By 1971 Lancashire had a population of 5,118,405, which made it the most heavily populated county in the United Kingdom after Greater London. The county became a major commercial and industrial region during the Industrial Revolution, with Liverpool emerging as a major port and Manchester and its surrounding towns dominating the manufacture of cotton. Lancashire was founded in the 12th century in the Domesday Book of 1086 much of what would become the county is treated as part of Yorkshire and Cheshire. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly. Lancashire ( / ˈ l æ ŋ k ə ʃ ər/ LAN-kə-shər, /- ʃ ɪər/ -sheer abbreviated Lancs) is a non-metropolitan, ceremonial, and historic county in North West England. ![]()
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