Lancaster (/ˈlæŋkəstər/, /ˈlænkæs-/) is a city in Lancashire, England, and the main cultural hub, economic and commercial centre of City of Lancaster...
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and Blackburn (124,995); the city of Lancaster has a population of 52,655. For local government purposes, Lancashire comprises a non-metropolitan county...
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of Lancaster, but came to be seen as an emblem of the county of Lancashire, and as such was incorporated in the coats of arms of numerous Lancashire local...
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III raised Lancashire into a county palatine in 1351, and the holder, Henry of Grosmont, Edmund's grandson, was created Duke of Lancaster. After his death...
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The City of Lancaster, or simply Lancaster (/ˈlæŋkæstər/), is a local government district with city status in Lancashire, England. It is named after its...
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Lancaster Castle is a medieval castle and former prison in Lancaster in the English county of Lancashire. Its early history is unclear, but it may have...
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Lancaster University (officially The University of Lancaster) is a public research university in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. The university was established...
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The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's, Lancashire and Border) (LANCS) is an infantry regiment of the line within the British Army, part of the King's...
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Lancaster may refer to: The County Palatine of Lancaster, a synonym for Lancashire Duchy of Lancaster, one of only two British royal duchies Duke of Lancaster...
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English royal House of Lancaster, and in 2008 the Flag of Lancashire became recognised by the Flag Institute. On 27 November, Lancashire Day celebrates the...
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Lancaster City Football Club is an English semi-professional non-League football club based in the northern city of Lancaster, Lancashire. They currently...
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Lancaster, Lancashire (the unparished area within the wider City of Lancaster district), are divided into: Listed buildings in Lancaster, Lancashire (central...
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Stubbylee Park in Bacup, Rossendale, Lancashire, on 11 August 2007. As a result of the severe head injuries Lancaster sustained in the attack, she went into...
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Lancaster, Lancashire, a port city in north-west England, was involved in the transatlantic slave trade. Lancaster's part in the trade developed in the...
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(1st Royal Lancashire Militia) Battalion based in Lancaster, from the 1st Bn of the former 1st Royal Lancashire Militia (The Duke of Lancaster's Own) based...
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Silverdale is a village and civil parish within the City of Lancaster district of Lancashire, England. The village stands on Morecambe Bay, near the border...
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north bank of the River Ribble in Lancashire, England. The city is the administrative centre of the county of Lancashire and the wider City of Preston local...
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Lancaster Royal Grammar School (LRGS) is an 11–18 boys grammar school in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. Old students belong to The Old Lancastrians. The...
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Lancaster Moor Hospital, formerly the Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum and Lancaster County Mental Hospital, was a mental hospital in Lancaster, Lancashire...
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Chris Acland (category People from Lancaster, Lancashire)
alternative rock band Lush. Acland was born at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary in Lancaster, Lancashire, the youngest of three sons of paper manufacturer Oliver...
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Carnforth (redirect from Carnforth, Lancashire)
Carnforth is a market town and civil parish in the City of Lancaster in Lancashire, England, situated at the north-east end of Morecambe Bay. The parish...
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designs by Carl Almquist Lancashire portal Grade II* listed buildings in Lancashire Listed buildings in Lancaster, Lancashire List of ecclesiastical works...
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HM Prison Lancaster Farms is a category C male prison, located on the outskirts of Lancaster, Lancashire, England. The prison is operated by His Majesty's...
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80359 Gillows of Lancaster and London, also known as Gillow & Co., was an English furniture making firm based in Lancaster, Lancashire, and in London....
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Ashton Memorial (category Buildings and structures in Lancaster, Lancashire)
The Ashton Memorial is a folly in Williamson Park, Lancaster, Lancashire, England built between 1907 and 1909 by the millionaire industrialist Lord Ashton...
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Lancaster railway station (formerly known as Lancaster Castle railway station) is a railway station that serves the city of Lancaster in Lancashire, England...
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Ulverston (redirect from Ulverstone, Lancashire)
"Winter Hill (Bolton, England) Full Freeview transmitter". May 2004. "Lancaster (Lancashire, England) Full Freeview transmitter". May 2004. https://candofm...
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Pendle witches (redirect from Lancashire Witches)
Pendle Hill in Lancashire, and were charged with the murders of ten people by the use of witchcraft. All but two were tried at Lancaster Assizes on 18–19...
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Linda Foster (actress) (category Actors from Lancaster, Lancashire)
Royal in the American television sitcom Hank. Foster was born in Lancaster, Lancashire, the daughter of Nicholas, a marine engineer, and Hilda, who ran...
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Morecambe (redirect from Morecambe, Lancashire)
MOR-kəm) is a seaside town and civil parish in the City of Lancaster district of Lancashire, England, on Morecambe Bay, part of the Irish Sea. In 2011...
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