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  Lancashire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lancashire is a county of England, lying on the Irish Sea.
A red rose is the traditional symbol for Lancashire and the House of Lancaster, immortalized in the verse "In the battle for England's head/York was white, Lancaster red" (referring to the 15th century War of the Roses).
On May 25, 2004 the Boundary Committee for England published recommendations for systems of Unitary Authorities to be put to referendum as described under Subdivisions of England, but on Thursday 4 November 2004 the referendum for the North East decided by a margin of 78% to 22% against an elected regional assembly.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lancashire,_England   (777 words)

  
 Camelot Village: Britain's Heritage and History
Lancashire is separated from it's traditional rival county of Yorkshire by the 'backbone of England' the Pennines.
Lancashire County Council only caters for about half of the County of Lancashire which is shared on a two-tier basis with 12 District Councils, namely Burnley, Chorley, Fylde, Hyndburn, Lancaster, Pendle, Preston, Ribble Valley, Rossendale, South Ribble, West Lancashire and Wyre.
Lancashire North of the Sands, known as Furness, is two-tiered with Cumbria County Council, Barrow in Furness District and South Lakeland District Councils (shared with the Counties of Westmorland and Yorkshire) providing the services.
www.camelotintl.com /heritage/counties/england/lancs.html   (1641 words)

  
 GENUKI: Lancashire genealogy
A county of England, lying on the Irish Sea, and bounded by Cumberland, Westmoreland, Yorkshire, and Cheshire.
Lancashire County libraries have a list of addresses and telephone numbers of local libraries in the modern administrative county of Lancashire.
The Bibliography of North West England lists bibliographies relating to the North West of England which are useful to local history librarians, academics, students and all those with an interest in the history of the region.
www.genuki.org.uk:8080 /big/eng/LAN   (2107 words)

  
 Lancashire England on Almondnet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Lancashire A historical region of northwest England on the Irish Sea.
The Lancashire Constabulary is a police force in the north west of England.
Lancashire is one of the 43 forces in England and Wales that...
www.business-centres-london-uk.co.uk /businesslondon/lancashire_england.html   (386 words)

  
 West Lancashire --  Encyclopædia Britannica
West Lancashire is separated from the Irish Sea by the narrow coastal strip of Sefton except in the north at the mouth of the River Ribble.
administrative, geographic, and historic county in northwestern England, bounded on the north by Cumberland and Westmorland (in the present administrative county of Cumbria), on the east by Yorkshire, on the south by Cheshire, and on the west by the Irish Sea.
England's total area is about 50,000 square miles (130,000 square kilometers), or 53 percent of the total area of the United Kingdom.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9076618?tocId=9076618   (912 words)

  
 Lancashire on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Lancashire in Anglo-Saxon times was part of the kingdom of Northumbria.
Lancashire's economic growth began in medieval times with the introduction of the woolen industry.
Lancashire County Council selects Siemens Network Systems to install new secure IP network and firewalls.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/l/lancashi.asp   (712 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Manchester, city, England (British And Irish Political Geography) - Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
397,400), NW England, on the Irwell, Medlock, Irk, and Tib rivers.
Manchester remains the center of the most densely populated area of England, despite the tremendous amount of outmigration between 1961 and 1981.
It is also the center of printing and publishing in N England.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/ManchesEng.html   (565 words)

  
 birding facts Birding Resources by the Fat Birder
Lancashire is blessed with a wealth of estuaries from the Mersey in the south to Morecambe Bay in the north, taking in the Alt and Ribble in between.
This area is one of England`s best kept secrets, with wonderful countryside and scenery, and a great variety of traditional heritage to be found in the interesting cities, market towns, and villages.
East Lancashire is certainly not the ornithological desert that I have heard the region referred to as, by birders from outside the area!
www.fatbirder.com /links_geo/europe/england_lancashire.html   (2919 words)

  
 Lancashire England
Lancashire is a county of England, bordered by the Irish Sea, and bounded by Cumberland, Westmoreland, Yorkshire, and Cheshire.
Lancashire is divided into six hundreds, which each contain 27 market towns, 62 parishes, and 894 villages.
Lancashire is one of the main commercial and manufacturing counties in England.
members.shaw.ca /vtromp/lancash.html   (163 words)

  
 Rivington
During this period of intense missionary activity in the North of England the Saxon inhabitants of Rivington were baptised into the Christian faith.
A land ispute occured in 1628, settled in favour of the Church of England, adjacent land was retained by descendants of Katherine Pilkington.
The seeds of discontent at the treatment of Roman Catholics in England, which ultimately led to the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605, were first sown in the late 1520s during the reign of Henry VIII.
www.angelfire.com /in/rivington   (11839 words)

  
 The Family of Benjamin and Ellen (Gregory) Howarth; Lancashire, England and Utah, U.S.A.
Lancashire, England and Utah, U.S.A., 1820 - 1895
According to family records, Benjamin Howarth was born 1 July 1820 in Accrington, Lancashire, England (LDS branch records for Manchester say 21 Jul 1821--obviously an error).
Ellen Gregory was born 11 February 1825 in Manchester, Lancs, England, the daughter of William Gregory and Elizabeth Hancock.
www.sff.net /people/Julia.West/geneal/bhowarth.htm   (946 words)

  
 Welcome to Lancashire,EnglandGenWeb
It was in the reign of Henry II that Lancashire became definitely the 'County of Lancaster.' Lancashire then is, strictly speaking, a county and not a shire, and it is one of the youngest of the counties.
According to the 1911 Census, the population of Lancashire was 4,768,474.
Lancashire Strays / 1881 Census / Kendal and Carlisle
www.rootsweb.com /~englan   (1510 words)

  
 Lancashire Ambulance Service
Lancashire Ambulance Service NHS Trust and Argyll Telecom have joined forces to run a series of road shows for NHS managers on technology solutions for monitoring and assisting the growing number of remote and lone workers.
The Ambulance, Police and Fire services of Lancashire are hosting a National Pilot employing 6 additional Community Support Officers around the County.
The Officers, although employed by Lancashire Constabulary, will be acting on behalf of all three emergency services.
www.lancashireambulance.com   (314 words)

  
 Weather History weather history lancashire england   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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www.weather-history.info /weather-history-lancashire-england.htm   (247 words)

  
 Lassey Family, Lancashire
Blackburn, Lancashire is in the North West of England and was at the heart of the Industrial Revolution.
DeLacy History - a history of the DeLacy family in England, Lords of the Honor of Clitheroe as recorded by Whitaker and Dugdale.
Lancashire Castles, Manors and Halls - a guide to most of them in Lancashire including several Castles, many manors and lots of Halls.
www.aboutlancs.com /indexfrm.htm   (693 words)

  
 GENUKI: England
Lambeth Palace Library "is the historic library of the archbishops of Canterbury and the principal library and record office for the history of the Church of England".
Moving Here, 200 Years of Migration to England, is a "database of digitised photographs, maps, objects, documents and audio items from 30 local and national archives, museums and libraries which record migration experiences of the last 200 years.
The Population History of England, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1989, is the standard text on the historical demography of England, based on many years of work by the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure.
www.genuki.org.uk:8080 /big/eng   (1978 words)

  
 DAR   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
My main interests are the Duxbury family from the Darwen and Blackburn area and the Snape family from the Darwen/Withnell area of Lancashire.
The Lancashire Family History and Heraldry Society have recently published one of my books "The Diary of Rev Peter Walkden and Early Nonconformist Baptisms" The diary was kept by Rev Peter Walkden and covers the period 1725, 1729-30.
The baptism registers are those kept by Peter Walkden from 1709 to 1769 and his son, Rev Henry Walkden from 1747 to 1793.
ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/GAFOSTER   (341 words)

  
 Trafford Family of Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
The Traffords owned land in Lancashire and Cheshire, and had connections with Wilmslow church before the Reformation and land at Alderley village, where there is the De Trafford Arms.
At the time when The Mansions of England and Wales was published in 1847, the proprietor of Trafford Park was Sir Thomas Joseph de Trafford, Baronet.
The Mansions of England and Wales, illustrated in series of views of the principal seats, with a historical and topographical description, by Edward Twycross.
www.thornber.net /cheshire/htmlfiles/trafford.html   (1083 words)

  
 ISEP Institutions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Profile: The University of Central Lancashire is one of the largest universities in the UK, yet remains committed to widening access and maintains close links with industry and commerce.
Locale: Chester is a small and beautiful city in the northwest of England, forty minutes from the large cities of Liverpool and Manchester.
Locale: Sunderland is located on the northeast coast of England with easy access to the nearby coast and countryside.
www.isep.org /nus/uk   (3214 words)

  
 Peter S. Stubs, Lancashire, England
Peter Stubs was an important Lancashire, England, toolmaker who began manufacturing tools in the mid eighteenth century.
The tools made by Peter S. Stubs in the Museum collection are typical of those which the Stubs Co. imported to the USA in the 19th century.
This was not the case in the eighteenth century, although Lancashire threads remained the same.
www.davistownmuseum.org /bioStubs.htm   (1001 words)

  
 Solicitors in Salesbury Lancashire England UK   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Solicitors in Salesbury Lancashire England UK Solicitors Online in Salesbury Lancashire, England UK Welcome to Solicitors-England.co.uk, the place to find law firms in your area that can help with your legal issue.
Solicitors in Salesbury England, UK provide you with links to solicitors, lawyers, legal advice throughout all the English regions, towns and cities.
Personal injury lawyers in Salesbury Lancashire England, UK can advise you, should you have suffered an injury in the past three years for road accidents, work related accidents, medical negligence, or a simple tip or slip injury.
www.solicitors-england.co.uk /England/Lancashire/Salesbury.htm   (187 words)

  
 A Thornber family in Downham, Lancashire, England, UK with emigration to Illinois
In 1871 David was married by the Presbyterian Minister, Rev. Waldenmeyer to Sarah Jane Haigh in Appanoose Township, Hancock County, Illinois.
John Thomas Thornber, was born 16 Oct 1854, Downham, Lancs., England, died 2 Apr 1938, in Hancock County, Illinois and was buried in the Thornber cemetery at Powellton.
She died in March 1842 of cholera on the journey from England while sailing up the Mississippi in a steamboat and was buried on the riverbank.
www.thornber.net /famhist/htmlfiles/downham.html   (1660 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
ANCESTORS OF RICHARD RATCLIFF OF LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND AND TALBOT COUNTY, MARYLAND Addendum to Clarence Ratcliff's genealogy by Donald Ratcliff Dr.
He was High Sheriff of Lancashire and worked against oppressors of the poor.
He was High Sheriff of Lancashire from 1421 to 1424 and was Knight of the Shire in Parliament.
don.ratcliff.net /tree/rradd.txt   (499 words)

  
 @UK - Accommodation in Lancashire, England, UK
The Hollymount in Morecambe, Lancashire, is situated within half a minute of Morecambe's promenade and shops, with entertainment for all ages close at hand.
The Springfield Hotel at Blackpool, Lancashire, is a warm and friendly hotel, where good food and cleanliness is a priority.
The Strathmore Hotel at St. Annes, Lancashire is a privately owned, licensed hotel, situated on Clifton Drive South (opposite General Post Office), near the Promenade, swimming pool, the pier, beaches and St. Annes main shopping centre, 'The Square'.
www.atuk.co.uk /england/lancashire-accommodation.htm   (1553 words)

  
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Thomas Ferriman age 45 yes (b.in Lanc.) Margaret 40 Robert 20 Joseph 15 Alfred 13 George 11 Alicia 10 Robert 2 Colin 20 When Colin married in 1844 he was listed as "of Oldham", so the family moved to Oldham sometime after the 1841 census.
He came from England 37 years ago to seek a home here, leaving a wife, who came alone to join him, after two years separation.
Collin married first in England, but did not bring a wife with him.
users.zoominternet.net /~vanhoose/tferrima.htm   (1693 words)

  
 Duxburys of Lancashire County, England   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Duxbury surname appears to be locational in origin and is believed to be associated with the English meaning "one who lived near Duxbury in Lancashire", England.
The earliest known Duxbury family was established in the parish of Standish, Lancaster, England in the early twelfth century with the first mention of Magnei de Duxbury and his descendants who were then living in a place called Duxbury.
Ralph is believed to have lived pre 1728 in Broughton,, West Riding, Yorkshire, England; Earby, West Riding, Yorkshire, England, post 1728 in Blacko and Waterside, Colne, Lancashire, England.
home.att.net /~jtduxbury/duxoflc.htm   (360 words)

  
 Questionmark - Case Studies - Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service
It is being used as one tool of a range that are available to officers and has been licensed to make it available to all uniformed members of staff across the Lancashire brigade.
Lancashire Fire and Rescue is the first of its kind to go down this route and it is expected that others will follow.
In fact, if the system is successfully implemented in Lancashire, it may well go Service-wide.
www.questionmark.com /casestudies/lancs_fire.htm   (290 words)

  
 Kirkham Lancashire England   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Kirkham is a small market town located in the Fylde coast area of West Lancashire lying between Blackpool to the West and Preston to the East.
At the time of writing it has just been announced in the local press that detailed plans for a proposed museum have been unveiled utilising part of the old swimming baths, where it is hoped to be able to display some of the finds.
The early 1900's saw Kirkham established as a typical Lancashire cotton mill town and was the main industry until the 1960's.
www.users.globalnet.co.uk /~raltec/Kirkham.html   (506 words)

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