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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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    marked by Lancaster Roman Fort, Lancaster Castle, Lancaster Priory Church, Lancaster Cathedral and the Ashton Memorial. It is the seat of Lancaster University...
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    Bolingbroke Castle Chichele College Halton Castle Knaresborough Castle Lancaster Castle Ogmore Castle Peveril Castle Pickering Castle Pontefract Castle Savoy...
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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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    duke of Lancaster. "HM The King, Duke of Lancaster". Duchy of Lancaster. Retrieved 27 November 2022. "Duchy of Lancaster". Lancaster Castle. Retrieved...
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    HM Prison Lancaster was an English prison located in Lancaster Castle, Lancaster from 1955 to 2011. HM Prison Lancaster was a small category C male training...
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    Prison, known locally as Lancaster Castle, was built in the city but shares no visual similarities with the Lancaster Castle in England. The prison remains...
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    King's forces in the Scottish Marches. He was appointed Constable of Lancaster Castle and High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1327. He helped the young king put...
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  • monarch's eldest heir. The Duchy of Lancaster owns approximately 46,500 acres (188 km2) including Lancaster Castle and is administered by a Chancellor...
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    including his buildings at Lancaster Castle, were Gothic in style, but most were Neoclassical, particularly those at Chester Castle. He was regarded at the...
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    does not say that Roger owned Lancaster, which is listed as part of the manor of Halton. One entry does imply he had a castle somewhere which has been argued...
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    the Pendle witches had hatched their own gunpowder plot to blow up Lancaster Castle, although historian Stephen Pumfrey has suggested that the "preposterous...
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    Tutbury Castle is a largely ruined medieval castle at Tutbury, Staffordshire, England, in the ownership of the Duchy of Lancaster and hence currently...
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    Tower Irwell Sculpture Trail Lancashire Infantry Museum, Preston Lancaster Castle Lancaster Cathedral Lathom Park Chapel, site of Lathom House, seat of the...
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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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    HMS Lancaster Castle was a Castle-class corvette of the Royal Navy. It served on convoy defence duties from 1944 to 1945, it was put in reserve in 1946...
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    including most notably Kenilworth Castle in Warwickshire, had been awarded to him. When Edmund's son Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, inherited the estates and...
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    murder at Berkeley Castle, Thomas's conviction was posthumously reversed and Henry regained possession of the Earldoms of Lancaster, Derby, Salisbury and...
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    Dunstanburgh. Thomas was executed, and the castle became the property of the Crown before passing into the Duchy of Lancaster. Dunstanburgh's defences were expanded...
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    near Lancaster Castle and since 1953 has been designated a Grade I listed building. It is in the deanery of Lancaster, the archdeaconry of Lancaster and...
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    ownership of John of Gaunt. His wife Blanche of Lancaster, daughter of Henry of Grosmont, was born at the castle in 1342. John and Blanche's son, Henry (the...
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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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    Surrey. This incident caused a feud between Lancaster and Surrey; Lancaster seized two of Surrey's castles in retaliation. King Edward then intervened...
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    Duke of Lancaster KG (c. 1310 – 23 March 1361) was an English statesman, diplomat, soldier, and Christian writer. The owner of Bolingbroke Castle in Lincolnshire...
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  • authorities interned Pilates, along with other German citizens, in Lancaster Castle, where he taught wrestling and self-defense, boasting that his students...
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  • defendants were put on trial in Lancaster. The jury found all guilty the same day. They were committed to Lancaster Castle the following day. On 14 May the...
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    Burton Stephen Lancaster (November 2, 1913 – October 20, 1994) was an American actor. Initially known for playing tough guys with a tender heart, he went...
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  • Lancaster Prison may refer to: Lancaster Castle, a former Category C men's prison in Lancaster, Lancashire, England Lancaster County Prison, a county...
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    Pevensey Castle, Lancaster Castle, Portchester Castle and Kenilworth Castle on 11 November 1944 U-387 was sunk in the Barents Sea by Bamborough Castle on 9...
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    1st Duke of Lancaster, and his wife Isabel de Beaumont. She and her elder sister Maud, Countess of Leicester, were born at Bolingbroke Castle in Lindsey...
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