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  LANCASTER (OH.) - LoveToKnow Article on LANCASTER (OH.)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Lancaster, who hac just obtained the earldoms of Lincoln and Salisbury on the death of his father-in-law in 1311, drove the king and his favorite rom Newcastle to Scarborough, and was present at the execu-ion of Gaveston in June 1312.
Lancaster is the trade centre of a fertile agricultural region, has good transportation facilities, and is near the Hocking Valley and Sunday Creek Valley coal-fields; its commercial and industrial importance increased greatly, after 1900, through the development of the neighboring natural gas fields and, after 1907-1908, through the discovery of petroleum near the city.
Lancaster was incorporated as a village in 1831 and twenty years later became a city of the third class.
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 Lancaster
Lancaster (CDP), New Hampshire Lancaster CDP is a 2000 census, the CDP had a total population of 1,695.
Lancaster (town), New York Lancaster is a town located in 2000 census, the town had a total population of 39,019.
Lancaster Canal The Lancaster Canal is a Cumbria.
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 Williamson
Williamson, Illinois Williamson is a village located in 2000 census, the village had a total population of 251.
Williamson, Iowa Williamson is a city in 2000 census, the city had a total population of 163.
Williamson River The Williamson River is a river in southwestern Upper Klamath Lake, the largest freshwater lake in Oreg...
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 LANCASTER (PA.) - LoveToKnow Article on LANCASTER (PA.)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Lancaster county has long been one of the richest agricultulal counties in the United States, its annual products being valued at about $10,000,000; in 1906 the value of the tobacco crop was about $3,225,000, and there were 824 manufactories of cigars in the county.
Lancaster was settled about 1717 by English Quakers and Germans, was laid out as a town in 1730, incorporated as a borough in 1742, and chartered as a city in 1818.
From 1799 to 1812 Lancaster was the capital of Pennsylvania.
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 Williamson Park, Lancaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The park was constructed by millionaire James Williamson, 1st Baron Ashton, and his father, also called James Williamson.
Features of the park include the Ashton Memorial, fountains, a butterfly house, a cafe, a children's play area, the Lancaster sundial on the site of what was once a bandstand, some sculptures and a small folly known as the Temple.
During July and August each year, the local Duke's Playhouse performs a promenade play in the Park each evening, using the natural scenery as the stage and requiring the audience to follow the actors from scene to scene.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Williamson_Park   (177 words)

  
 Lancaster County Website: Skate Park Development
To the northwest, the park is bounded by Riverview Cemetery and the Conestoga River.
Lancaster County (and indeed, most of central and eastern Pennsylvania) are extremely deficient of facilities for skaters and, particularly, skateboarders.
However, this area of Central park is located within the political boundaries of Lancaster City (with a population of 55,210 persons in 1990) and in the hub of Lancaster County, with a 1997 estimated population of 454,063.
www.co.lancaster.pa.us /lanco/cwp/view.asp?A=3&Q=380894&pp=3   (5241 words)

  
 Williamson Park, Lancaster   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Williamson Park is a park in Lancaster, England.
The park was constructed by millionaire James Williamson, also known as Lord Ashton, and his father, also called James Williamson.
Features of the park include the Ashton Memorial, fountains, a butterfly house, a cafe, the Lancaster sundial on the site of what was once a bandstand, some sculptures and a small folly known as the Temple.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/williamson_park__lancaster   (153 words)

  
 :: Visit Lancaster ::
Williamson Park comprises 54 acres of beautiful parkland with enchanting walks and play areas and breathtaking views to the Fylde Coast and the Lake District.
The Park includes the Ashton Memorial (a famous Edwardian folly on the skyline overlooking Lancaster) which was a gift to the City from Lord Ashton, set within the parkland created by his father, James Williamson.
The park was created out of the quarries from which came the stone for most of Lancaster’s buildings.
www.visitlancaster.co.uk /attractsearch.htm?mode=display&to=visit&id=8301   (174 words)

  
 Articles - Lancaster, England   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The etymology of Lancaster is derived from its large and imposing castle, and the river that runs through it, the River Lune (named after 'lunar', due to the tidal nature of the river).
Lancaster gained its first charter in 1193 as a market town and borough, but was not given the status of a city until 1937.
Lancaster, as a historic city, offers much in the way of cultural entertainment and is often referred to as the 'Cultural Capital' of Lancashire.
www.sidepoint.com /articles/Lancaster,_England   (860 words)

  
 Lancaster & Morecambe College   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Lancaster is situated on the north west coast of England approximately 60 miles north of Manchester and is a thriving historic city which dates back to AD 79 when the Romans built a fortress, later the site of Lancaster Castle, to overlook the River Lune estuary.
Like Lancaster, leisure facilities in Morecambe are good with a large bowling alley and cinema located in a new retail park development and the live music venue, The Platform, developed from a disused railway station.
Lancaster and Morecambe College is approximately 25 miles from the Lake District National Park.
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 The Cities of Lancaster and Liverpool
Lancaster is well signposted and can be seen on approach by the white dome of the Ashton Memorial.
A major attraction in the city is Williamson Park.
Also in Williamson Park is the Butterfly House, which houses many exotic and tropical species which are free to fly around amidst its beautiful trees and plants.
www.manchester2002-uk.com /daytrips/out/lancs-liver.html   (1192 words)

  
 Mushroom Guide to Lancaster, Lancashire, UK. Comprehensive Visitor Information for Lancaster
Lancaster itself is a mix of the old and the new.
The award-winning Maritime Museum on the banks of the Lune is well worth a visit, as is Williamson Park with its butterfly house and the Ashton Memorial.
Lancaster's arts scene is thriving: watch a film at the Dukes Cinema or the ABC Cinema, see a play at The Dukes Theatre, the Grand Theatre or the Nuffield on the Lancaster University campus.
www.mushroompublishing.com /maps/lancaster.html   (260 words)

  
 Lancaster County Park   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Once you enter park trail heads start from many different places, alongside the river or from many points along the road.
Park at the Ranger's office and head east towards Duke Street.
Park by the Ranger's station next to the pool that way your vehicle and bike rack will be safe.
www.mtbr.com /trails/Pennsylvania/LancasterCountyPark.html   (415 words)

  
 Lancaster Priory Time Line   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Lancaster Corporation agrees to pay £100-0s-0d [£100-00] towards the cost of a new organ to be built by Gerard Smith and installed in the West Gallery.
Lancaster Priory moves from jurisdiction of the Bishop of Chester to that of Manchester.
The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Rt.
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 Lets Go There - A guide to Lancaster, Lancashire
The historic county town of Lancaster, surrounded by the Forest of Bowland and the Lune Valley, is a perfect place for an overnight stop on your way to the nearby Lake District or as a base to explore the surrounding countryside.
Williamson Park is Lancasters highest point and it offers great views of the town, Morecambe Bay and the Lakeland Hills.
The centerpiece of the park is the 220ft high Ashton Memorial built by the son of a local statesman and important lino manufacturer Lord Ashton in memory of his second wife.
www.letsgothere.co.uk /lgtnet/locations/4-28-1.aspx   (356 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Fandango, Williamson Park, Lancaster
Williamson Park is festooned with red and yellow streamers, the atmosphere vivid with the crack of castanets and the tang of oranges.
Writer Les Smith has been drafted in for the third consecutive year to turn a literary classic into a stroll in the park.
He stalks around the park's vistas and glades like an enormous fl raven, as if Darth Vader had wandered into the rustic celebrations of a Goya tapestry design.
www.guardian.co.uk /reviews/story/0,3604,761517,00.html   (337 words)

  
 Blodslitet Introduction
It will be held at Williamson Park in Lancaster with winning times of around 15 minutes for each course.
Williamson Park also staged a Park Race during the World Cup races in 1998.
Lancaster is a beautiful city, offering a wealth of facilities and well worth a visit.
www.sroc.org /menu8/150301.htm   (739 words)

  
 virtual tour - Williamson Park
Across the road from Williamson Park, in the school playing fields you can find the memorial stone to those martyred for their faith in Lancaster.
As it was the county seat and hub of civilisation for all of Lancashire, at one time people were brought from the surrounding hamlets, such as Liverpool and Manchester, to experience the judicial process.
See the Williamson Park website for the opening times of the animal houses etc and more info.
www.lancasterukonline.net /visitors/v-tour/williamson_park.htm   (570 words)

  
 Williamson Park Results   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Perhaps it was the excellent area that is Williamson Park.
Perhaps it was the number of first timers that had been invited to attend through the continuing efforts of Steve McClean, Sarah Fulwood and others in the club.
Perhaps it was the close proximity of Registration, Start, Download and Parking.
www.sroc.org /menu7/menu7_1/2004/SROCgen/121204.htm   (87 words)

  
 British Blodslitet - Final Details
Williamson Park is a public park so dogs are welcome but please clear up after them!
Prizes for the Open Courses at Williamson Park will be followed by prizes for the Blodslitet race and the draw for the trip to the Norwegian Blodslitet on October 15th 2002.
Williamson Park will be open to the general public as usual.
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 British Resorts Association - Resort Details
Lancaster has a wealth of history and heritage for you to explore, and boasts many attractions, museums and galleries.
Lancaster: Williamson Park & Ashton Memorial; Lancaster Castle & Priory Church; the City, Cottage and Maritime Museums; Judges Lodgings Museum; St Peter’s Cathedral; Lancaster Leisure Park.
Lancaster's central shopping area is a traffic-free pedestrian zone, and includes two covered shopping centres- St. Nicholas’ Arcade and Marketgate.
www.britishresorts.co.uk /member.asp?member_name=61   (417 words)

  
 Virtual - Lancaster what's on - September 2005
Transport Solutions for Lancaster and Morecambe invite you to wallk the route of the proposed Heysham-M6 Link road to see what an impact the monster road would have on countryside and communities.
The first one, in Williamson park last May was a great success.
Lancaster's entertainment centres, some long gone, some still drawing audiences.
www.lancasterukonline.net /whatson/09sep.htm   (2353 words)

  
 Virtual-Lancaster - What's On - Events Guide
If you're in Lancaster or Morecambe on holiday or you live locally, You'll find this part of the site packed with up-to-date information about all the festivals, events, attractions and tours in and around the area.
Christians, Muslims, and members of other faiths in Lancaster are invited to join together and show their solidarity against terrorist actions completed in the name of religious faith.
Thousands of people don't go to pubs and clubs cos they can't take the smoke - but that could change and we could be a huge party - with the help of www.smokefree northwest.co.uk.
virtual-lancaster.net /whatson   (2117 words)

  
 Williamson Park Sculpture Project   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The Figure will be at a number of venues throughout the UK this year and next year.
A permanent bronze cast will be made to be located in the Park.
An education package is being developed to look at these fascinating manufacturing methods of the next century and at spirituality in art.
www.studioarts.co.uk /anthony/wphead.htm   (146 words)

  
 Lancaster Tourism - Festivals & Family Fun   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The Sunday brass band concerts in Happy Mount Park bring the best brass musicians in the region to this delightful setting, while the summer lunchtime concerts in St John's Church in Lancaster feature some of the finest classical and contemporary music.
In October the Lancaster Literature Festival showcases the work of leading poets and writers, and the Comedy Festival brings more top acts to Morecambe after a fantastically successful inaugural outing in 2002.
November rounds off the year's events with the hugely popular fireworks spectacular and beacon lighting alongside the historic Castle and Priory Church in Lancaster (preceded by a day of themed events), and the Jacobite Day that commemorates the visit to Lancaster of Bonnie Prince Charlie and his rebel army in 1745.
www.lancslinks.org.uk /linkscontent/tourism/lancaster/festivals.asp   (527 words)

  
 Scarrott's Photos - Mat's Wedding (Page 1)
The wedding was held in the Ashton Memorial at the Williamson Park in Lancaster.
The memorial looks fantastic and is at the highest point of lancaster apparently.
Very handy as it has cheap studenty accommodation, is next door to Williamson Park and, most importantly, has a bar at student prices!!
www.scarrott.org.uk /pics/matwed   (461 words)

  
 Paul Kabrna: Craven and Pendle Geological Society
It is thought to have been developed from a cross between Rosa "Canina" (the wild English rose) and Rosa "Damascena" (originally brought to Europe during the Crusades in the 13th Century).
The Red Rose at Lancaster has a tang and distinguished history which is intertwined with tt'rat at the House of Lancaster, the War of the Roses, the Monarchy, the County Palatine of Lancaster and the development of the County of Lancashire.
It was first adopted as an heraldic devke by Edmund, First Earl of Lancaster and became the emblem of Lancashire, and of England as a whole, following the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485.
www.kabrna.com /cpgs/pk/pk.htm   (619 words)

  
 Red Rose of Lancashire - Rosa Gallica officinalis
The Red Rose at Lancaster has a long and distinguished history which is intertwined with the House of Lancaster, the War of the Roses, the Monarchy, the County Palatine of Lancaster and the development of the County of Lancashire.
It was first adopted as an heraldic device by Edmund, First Earl of Lancaster and became the emblem of Lancashire, and of England as a whole, following the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485.
In more modern times in France and Flanders, during the 1914/18 War and in the Campaign in Belgium and France 1939/40, the 55th (West Lancashire) Territorial Division wore the Lancaster Rose on their shoulder flashes as their Divisional Sign and had the motto "They win or die, who wear the Rose of Lancaster".
www.lancashirevillages.com /redrose   (698 words)

  
 Press Release Details   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
David Mamet’s trademark dialogue is highly distilled and this play is considered his most controversial as the confrontation becomes an arena for male-female power struggle that threatens both their careers.
These ancient narratives are brought to the leafy, woodland setting of Williamson Park where the Dukes will bring them imaginatively alive – expect to be transported to the woodcutter’s cottage, the witch’s house made of gingerbread, the Prince’s feast and to be spellbound by the magical stories and extraordinary characters.
Collected and published by the Brothers in the early 1800s, the stories were based on the folk tales told by German peasants, passed down though the generations via word of mouth, from mother to child.
www.dukes-lancaster.org /pr_details.php?pr_id=4   (2005 words)

  
 Skateboard Parks(tm) - Lancaster County Parks Skate Park - Lancaster - PENNSYLVANIA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Skateboard Parks(tm) - Lancaster County Parks Skate Park - Lancaster - PENNSYLVANIA
Lancaster County Parks Skate Park - Lancaster - PENNSYLVANIA
A meandering entrance path of some 600 feet and two curvi-linear, concrete benches may be skated as well.
skateboardparks.com /pennsylvania/lancastercounty   (201 words)

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