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Lancashire [ˈlæŋkəʃər] ist eine Grafschaft im Nordwesten Englands. Der Name selbst entstammt Lancaster und shire. Die Grafschaft grenzt an die Irische See sowie die Countys Cumbria, North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Greater Manchester und Merseyside und die grafschaftsfreien Gebiete von Blackpool und Blackburn with Darwen.
- Lancaster (Lancashire)
Lancaster ist eine ca. 55.000 Einwohner zählende Hafenstadt...
- Lancaster (Lancashire)
Lancashire (/ ˈ l æ ŋ k ə ʃ ər / LAN-kə-shər, /-ʃ ɪər /-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 ...
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Lancashire takes its name from the city of Lancaster, whose name means 'Roman fort on the River Lune', combining the name of the river with the Old English cæster, which derived from the Roman word for a fort or camp. Official documents often called it the "County of Lancaster" rather than Lancashire; "Lancastershire" occurs in late 14th century, a...
At the time when the Romans arrived in England, much of northern England was inhabited by the Brigantes, though the Cumbrian highland area was inhabited by the Carvetii, who were possibly a tribe within the larger Brigantes group. Another tribe named the Setantii has also been hypothesized based on the name of a Roman era port near the mouth of the...
After Domesday, Roger's lands were returned to him and in the early 1090s Lonsdale, Cartmel and Furness were added to Roger's estates to facilitate the defence of the area south of Morecambe Bay from Scottish raiding parties, which travelled round the Cumberland coast and across the bay at low water, rather than through the mountainous regions of t...
Lancashire was one of the homes of modern industrialisation. This started with small scale experiments, for example in the automation of weaving. Lancashire had a long history of supplying wool to skilled weavers in Europe and southern England, as well as having many cottager weavers itself by the 18th century. But the advent of increased imports o...
By the census of 1971, the population of Lancashire and its county boroughs had reached 5,129,416, making it the most populous geographic county in the UK. The administrative county was also the most populous of its type outside London, with a population of 2,280,359 in 1961. In 1972, under the Courts Act 1971, the remaining major element of legal ...
Farrer, William; Brownbill, John, eds. (1906), The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster Vol 1, Victoria County History, Constable & Co, OCLC 832215399Farrer, William; Brownbill, John, eds. (1907), The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster Vol 3, Victoria County History, Constable & Co, OCLC 832215436Farrer, William; Brownbill, John, eds. (1911a), The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster Vol 4, Victoria County History, Constable & Co, OCLC 832215452Farrer, William; Brownbill, John, eds. (1911b), The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster Vol 5, Victoria County History, Constable & Co, OCLC 832215464Vor 5 Tagen · Lancashire, administrative, geographic, and historical county in northwestern England. It is bounded to the north by Cumberland and Westmorland (in the present administrative county of Cumbria), to the east by Yorkshire, to the south by Cheshire, and to the west by the Irish Sea. Preston is the.
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Lancaster ( / ˈlæŋkəstər /, / ˈlænkæs -/) [2] is a city [3] in Lancashire, England and the main cultural hub, economic and commercial centre of City of Lancaster district. The city is on the River Lune directly inland from Morecambe Bay.
Lancashire [ˈlæŋkəʃər] ist eine Grafschaft im Nordwesten Englands. Der Name selbst entstammt Lancaster und shire. Die Grafschaft grenzt an die Irische See sowie die Countys Cumbria, North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Greater Manchester und Merseyside und die grafschaftsfreien Gebiete von Blackpool und Blackburn with Darwen.
