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    The Custom House is a grade II* listed building located on St Georges Quay, Lancaster, Lancashire, England. The architect was Richard Gillow of the Gillow...
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  • House, Bangkok Custom House, Barrow-in-Furness, England Custom House, Belfast, Northern Ireland Custom House, Exeter, England Custom House, Lancaster...
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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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  • Alice, Edward and John). Richard Gillow was the architect for the Custom House, Lancaster, and he is credited with originating the telescopic dining-table...
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  • Karelia is rebuilt. Harmandir Sahib in Amritsar, Punjab, is rebuilt. Custom House, Lancaster, England is designed by Richard Gillow in the Palladian style....
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    Barrow and Lancaster. Initially constructed as a hotel around 1870, it took on its most notable role as a custom house in 1880, regulating custom from the...
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    Abbeystead House is a large country house to the east of the village of Abbeystead, Lancashire, England, some 12 km (7 miles) south-east of Lancaster. It is...
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    Millennium Bridge is a cable-stayed footbridge which spans the River Lune in Lancaster, England. It was designed by Whitby Bird and Partners, and built at a...
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    with architects Union North, Northwest Regional Development Agency and Lancaster City Council. The Midland Hotel was built to replace two earlier hotels:...
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    Lancaster Cathedral, also known as The Cathedral Church of St Peter and Saint Peter's Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Lancaster, Lancashire...
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    Windermere House is in Middle Street, Lancaster, Lancashire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II...
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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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    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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    Gardens Preservation Trust (Ltd), to purchase the Winter Gardens. In 2009, Lancaster City Council applied for a grant from the government's Sea Change programme...
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    Heysham nuclear power station (category Buildings and structures in the City of Lancaster)
    noises at approximately 11 pm that could be heard 7 miles (11 km) away in Lancaster. This caused alarm among local residents, and numerous calls to the police...
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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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    Dukes Custom House (Maritime Museum) Grand Theatre The Gregson Centre Greaves Park Judges' Lodgings Lancaster Castle Lancaster Cathedral Lancaster City...
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    The United States Custom House is a historic United States federal government building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Built between 1932 and 1934 to the...
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    Capernwray Hall (category Buildings and structures in the City of Lancaster)
    house originated in 1805 for the Marton family, and was named Keer Bank. By 1830 its name had been changed to Capernwray Hall. In 1840 the Lancaster architect...
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    Carlisle Bridge is the main railway bridge crossing the River Lune at Lancaster, Lancashire, England, carrying the West Coast Main Line over three 120-foot...
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    Thurnham, Lancashire, England. It is 3 miles (4.8 km) south of the city of Lancaster and is on the east bank of the River Lune. It is recorded in the National...
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    Marton Street, Lancaster, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Lancaster, the archdeaconry of Lancaster and the diocese...
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    former military installation in Lancaster, Lancashire. The building was designed as the headquarters of the Lancaster Rifle Volunteers and completed in...
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    including Lancaster's Custom House of 1764. The building has been described as "a notable and complete example of an eighteenth-century custom house, of Palladian...
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    Lancaster Roman Fort, also known as Wery Wall, Galacum or Calunium,[citation needed] is the modern name given to ruined former Roman fort atop Castle...
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    Lancaster Priory, formally the Priory Church of St Mary, is the Church of England parish church of the city of Lancaster, Lancashire, England. It is located...
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    royal houses: the Angevins, who were also counts of Anjou; the main line of the Plantagenets following the loss of Anjou; and the Houses of Lancaster and...
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  • the Town of Lancaster in the County Palatine of Lancaster". This led to the construction of St George's Quay in 1750, and the Custom House was completed...
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    Thurnham Hall (category Buildings and structures in the City of Lancaster)
    listed 17th-century country house in the village of Thurnham, Lancashire, England some 10 km (6 miles) south of Lancaster. The present building is a three-storey...
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