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	Lancashire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lancashire is a county of England, lying on the Irish Sea.
		Areas previously administered by the County Council came under the juristiction of West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, Cheshire, the new Metropolitan Counties of Merseyside and Greater Manchester and the new administrative county of Cumbria.
		The administrative county borders Cumbria, North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, and the metropolitan counties of Greater Manchester, and Merseyside; and contains the unitary authorities of Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lancashire (630 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.
		It is bordered by Westmoreland and Cumberland to its north and west.
		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)

	West Lancashire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		West Lancashire is a local government district in Lancashire, England.
		In plans proposed by the Boundary Committee for reorganisation of local government into unitary authorities in Lancashire if North West England votes to have an elected regional assembly; the district would possibly be split into two, with the western part going with Sefton and the eastern part going to Wigan.
		These have since been changed by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, and Ormskirk is entirely included in the proposed Sefton and West Lancashire authority.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/West_Lancashire (145 words)

	Lancashire - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Lancashire (archaically, the County of Lancaster) is a county palatine of England, lying on the Irish Sea.
		The county borders Cumbria, North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, and Merseyside, and contains the unitary authorities of Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen.
		On July 8 local government minister Nick Raynsford announced that the option to be put in the referendum had been modified to include the whole of Ormskirk in the new Sefton and West Lancashire district.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Lancashire (530 words)

	GENUKI: West Derby, Lancashire genealogy
		In 1835 West Derby was a township in the parish of Walton on the Hill.
		West Derby was one of the eight hundreds of Lancashire, fifteen townships came under its durisdiction and its boundaries reached as far west as Moss St, Islington.
		For probate purposes prior to 1858, West Derby was in the Archdeaconry of Chester, in the Diocese of Chester.
	www.genuki.org.uk /big/eng/LAN/WestDerby (603 words)

	Learn more about Lancashire in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Lancashire is a county of England, lying on the Irish Sea, and bounded by Cumberland, Westmorland, Yorkshire, and Cheshire.
		From April 1, 1974 the Furness area (the area of Lancashire north of Morecambe Bay) starting being administered by the new administrative area of Cumbria, the south east being administered by Greater Manchester, and the south west by the metropolitan administrative area of Merseyside.
		A part of the West Riding of Yorkshire near Clitheroe, came under the umbrella of the administrative county of Lancashire too, at this time.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /l/la/lancashire.html (329 words)

	GENUKI: Lancashire genealogy
		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.
		Lancashire was reduced in area as a result of the Local Government Act 1972.
	www.genuki.org.uk /big/eng/LAN (2107 words)

	Lancashire Churches - Introduction - Best viewed with Internet Explorer
		Yet Lancashire is also a place of hills, plains and coast, of ancient villages and market towns.
		The modern county of Lancashire was devised by the local government reorganisation of 1974.
		Lancashire stretches from the Coniston and Windermere areas of the Lake District, down to the Furness peninsula and Walney Island, across the sands of Morecambe Bay to the Lune valley, through Bowland, the Fylde, the western Pennines, and south to the areas around Southport, Liverpool, Manchester and Warrington.
	www.lancashirechurches.co.uk (467 words)

	Lancashire West Partnership - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Lancashire West offers vibrant night-life, with a burgeoning live music scene, a wide range of pubs and bars, a large selection of restaurants, bistros and other eating establishments across the region and a pulsating nightclub scene including the award-winning Feel in Preston and Blackpool’s new “super-club”, The Syndicate.
		Lancashire has seen a 23% increase in woodland in recent years and boasts world-class RAMSAR sites on the Lancashire coast for migrating birds.
		With an average house price of £84,562 in Lancashire West, compared to £133,247 for the rest of England and Wales, the house prices in the region are extremely favourable.
	www.lancashirewest.org.uk /rooms.htm (398 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Liverpool
		From 1688 to 1840 Lancashire was subject to the Vicar Apostolic of the Northern District of England.
		In Queen Elizabeth's time it is the Protestant Bishop of Chester who complains that there is a confederacy of Lancashire Papists, and that "from Warrington all along the sea-coast of Lancashire, the gentlemen were of that faction and withdraw themselves from religion" (i.e., from attending the Protestant service).
		At Rossall, in North Lancashire, was born Cardinal Allen, the founder of the Seminary of Douai, which in five years sent a hundred priests to face the martyr's death in England.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/09314a.htm (1297 words)

	Lancashire and the History of Lancashire
		As a commercial and manufacturing county, Lancashire is distinguished beyond most others in the kingdom.
		During the Iron Age the lands now known as Lancashire were part of the territory of a loose confederation of ancient Celtic tribes known as the Brigantes, including the Setantii, who lived along the Fylde Coast of Lancashire, and the Carvetii who occupied lands around Carlisle.
		In north Lancashire the Norse ending "-thwaite" (as in Rosthwaite and Seathwaite) indicates a clearing in a wood.
	www.manchester2002-uk.com /lancashire.html (1534 words)

	Lancashire Family History and Heraldry Homepage
		Formed in 1973 as the Rossendale Society for Genealogy and Heraldry (Lancashire), the Society now has twelve centres in Lancashire, together with one in London where members meet regularly.
		Lancashire deals with information about the County of Lancashire - its area, sub districts and history.
		Shop is one of the most popular areas, and has sections for the sale of microfiche indexes to census, parish registers, monumental inscriptions and other data compiled by members of the Society.
	www.lancashire-fhhs.org.uk (444 words)

	The Boundary Committee for England : Your area : North West : Lancashire : Lancashire County Council
		Map sheet 2 illustrates the proposed electoral divisions in Hyndburn borough and the proposed boundaries in Burnley borough (maps 1 and 2).
		Map sheet 3 illustrates the proposed boundaries in Fylde borough, the proposed boundaries in Wyre borough, the proposed boundaries in the Morecambe area of the City of Lancaster and the proposed boundaries in West Lancashire (maps 3, 4, 5, and 6).
		Map 3 illustrates the proposed electoral divisions in Fylde, Lancaster, West Lancashire and Wyre.
	www.lgce.gov.uk /your-area/lancashirecc.cfm (295 words)

	West Lancashire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Given Labour's difficulties in mobilising its heartland vote in recent local elections - some of the wards in Skelmersdale only produced turnouts of 10-15% last year - Colin Pickthall's majority may be notably reduced, but it would take a nationwide catastrophe to completely remove his 17000 vote cushion.
		There is local embarrassment for Labour in the form of Frank McKenna, the ambitious former deputy leader of Lancashire county council.
		On a lighter note, West Lancs is something of a stronghold for the Natural Law Party, who have a yogic flying training centre in the area.
	www.arts.uwaterloo.ca /~m6chan/2001_uk/northwest/west-lancashire.html (315 words)

	The West Lancashire Light Railway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The West Lancashire Light Railway is a two foot gauge passenger carrying railway located in the village of Hesketh Bank midway between Preston and the resort of Southport.
		West Lancashire Light Railway was established in 1967 in an endeavour to conserve some of the equipment used on these old lines and to recreate something of their atmosphere and charm.
		The Railway is a non-profit making organisation and is operated and supported by the West Lancashire Light Railway Association.
	www.djr12ecg.demon.co.uk /wllr/wllr.html (320 words)

	Local history books, local interest books and local reference books
		The shape of the fields, the street plan, the houses and buildings are all evidence in one way or another of hundreds of years of human endeavour, character and tragedy.
		Flora of West Lancashire by J A Wheldon and A Wilson
		This is an analysis of the development of the Lancashire economy since the 16th century.
	www.heskethbank.com /history/books.html (1425 words)

	Lassey Family, Lancashire
		Blackburn, Lancashire is in the North West of England and was at the heart of the Industrial Revolution.
		Lancashire Castles, Manors and Halls - a guide to most of them in Lancashire including several Castles, many manors and lots of Halls.
		Lancashire Links List - aboutlancs.com - over 1050 links to an assortment of interesting information about Lancashire, past, present and future.
	www.aboutlancs.com /indexfrm.htm (693 words)

	SAGHS - N England Interest Group
		The Wigan Coal and Iron Company was the largest coal producer in Lancashire and it employed 47% of all the workers in the coal industry in the county.
		It was the increase in the commercial trade with America and the West Indies that led to its expansion.
		In 1715 the first wet dock in Great Britain was constructed in Liverpool and the city became a rich metropolis thriving on the slave trade and privateering and one of the busiest slave-trading ports on the Atlantic.
	www.saghs.org.au /negroup.htm (821 words)

	West Lancashire News - Headlines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		West Lancashire PCT officials re-iterated their stance that the changes in managerial structure would have no impact on patient care.
		DOG owners in West Lancashire can access information about dog control services at the touch of a button.
		DENTISTS are being offered a £5,000 “golden hello” to work in north and west Cumbria as health chiefs battle to beat the critical shortage in the county.
	www.local-news.net /go/-2.9/53.58 (267 words)

	ipedia.com: Lancashire Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Lancashire Geography Status: Ceremonial & Administrative County Region: North West England Area : - Total - Admin.
		The historic county was divided into the six hundredss of Amounderness, Blackburn, Leyland, Lonsdale, Salford and West Derby.
		On July 8 local government minister Nick Raynsford announced that the option to be put in the referendum had been modified to include the whole of Ormskirk in the new Sefton & West Lancashire district.
	www.ipedia.com /lancashire.html (564 words)

	West Lancashire -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Shown within (A historical area of northwestern England on the Irish Sea; noted for textiles) Lancashire
		West Lancashire is a (Click link for more info and facts about local government district) local government district in (A historical area of northwestern England on the Irish Sea; noted for textiles) Lancashire, (A division of the United Kingdom) England.
		These have since been changed by the (Click link for more info and facts about Office of the Deputy Prime Minister) Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, and Ormskirk is entirely included in the proposed Sefton and West Lancashire authority.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/we/west_lancashire.htm (336 words)

	The District of West Lancashire (Electoral Changes) Order 2001
		The District of West Lancashire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976 is hereby revoked.
		The areas of the new district and parish wards are demarcated on the map described in article 1(3).
		Prints of the map may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of West Lancashire District Council and at the offices of the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, 2nd Floor, Ashdown House, 123 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6DE.
	www.hmso.gov.uk /si/si2001/20012432.htm (1872 words)

	West Lancashire Ramblers Association
		The West Lancashire Ramblers Association is one of the 450 local groups of the Ramblers Association (registered charity number 1093577).
		The local group has over 200 members in the area which covers all of West Lancashire as shown on the map
		The West Lancs Ramblers Group organizes walks both locally in West Lancashire and further afield in Lancashire and in other areas.
	www.wiechers.freeserve.co.uk /ramblers/wlramble.htm (266 words)

	Lancashire Bookstore
		Lancashire authors today: being a checklist of authors born in Lancashire together with brief particulars of authors born elsewhere who are currently working or residi Geoffrey Handley-Taylor
		Lancashire legends, traditions, pageants, sports, andc.; with an appendix containing a rare tract on the Lancashire witches, andc., andc.
		Rural houses of the Lancashire Pennines, 1560 to 1760
	www.aboutlancs.com /books.htm (2550 words)

	Home Page - Provincial Grand Lodge of West Lancashire
		Anthony Walton, Provincial Grand Master of the Mark Master Masons of West Lancashire presented the Provincial Grand Master with a cheque on behalf of the mark degree for £ 10,000 towards the 2010 Festival.
		Presentations of this monetary appreciation of Freemasons’ support for the valuable contribution that these institutions make to our community are at present taking place throughout the Province of West Lancashire.
		The Province is extremely proud of its Freemasons who have yet again, demonstrated their dedicated support for members of the community who rely so heavily on the humanitarian care that our hospices provide.
	www.westlancsfreemasons.org.uk (366 words)

	West Lancashire MG Owners Club - Everything you need for MG's in the North West.
		West Lancashire MG Owners Club - Everything you need for MG's in the North West.
		Now in its 25th year the club was founded in late 1979 as the Southport MG Owners Club, linked to the national MGOC, originally meeting at the Richmond public house near KGV school.
		the North West regional secretary and his wife Pat set up the meeting through "Enjoying MG".
	wlancsmg.homestead.com /About.html (764 words)

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