Lancashire

Lancashire
Placering af Lancashire i England
Geografi
StatusCeremoniel & (mindre) Administrative County
RegionNorth West England
Areal
- Samlet
- Admin. grevskab
- Admin. areal
17.
3079 km²
16.
2903 km²
Admin.byPreston
ISO 3166-2GB-CMA
ONS-kode30
NUTS 3UKD43
Demografi
Indbyggere
- Total (2016)
- tæthed
- Admin. grevskab
- Admin. indb.
8.
1.485.000
482/km²
4.
1.171.600
Etnisk fordeling
Politik
Coat of arms of Lancashire County Council.png
Lancashire County Council
http://www.lancashire.gov.uk
FormandDet Konservative Parti
Parlamentsmedlemmer
Distrikter
Områder i Lancashire
  1. West Lancashire
  2. Chorley
  3. South Ribble
  4. Fylde
  5. Preston
  6. Wyre
  7. Lancaster
  8. Ribble Valley
  9. Pendle
  10. Burnley
  11. Rossendale
  12. Hyndburn
  13. Blackpool (Selvstyre)
  14. Blackburn med Darwen (Selvstyre)

Lancashire er et engelsk grevskab ved det Irske Hav.

Grevskabet grænser op til Cumbria, North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside og de selvstændige unitary authorities Blackpool og Blackburn med Darwen.

Lancashire er opdelt i lokaldistrikterne: Burnley, Chorley, Fylde, Hyndburn, Lancaster, Pendle, Preston, the Ribble Valley, Rossendale, South Ribble, West Lancashire og Wyre.

Lancashires befolkningstal blev i 2016 anslået til 1.485.000. Dets navn kommer af Lancaster + shire.

Grevskabet blev etableret i 1182. I den engelske jordebog fra Vilhelm Erobrerens tid, Domesday Book, blev det anset som en part af Cheshire og af Yorkshire. Dets grænser var Cumberland, Westmorland, Yorkshire og Cheshire.

Det moderne administrative område er i dag mindre end det var tidligere på grund af en selvstyrereform.

Den 1. april 1974 kom Furness-området i det nordlige Lancashire under det nye engelske grevskab Cumbria, den sydøstlige del til Greater Manchester, og det sydvestlige blev til Merseyside

Warrington og de omkringliggende distrikter med landsbyerne Winwick og Croft samt Risley og Culcheth blev indlemmet i Cheshire. En del af West Riding of Yorkshire ved Clitheroe blev ligeledes overført til Lancashire.

I 1998 blev Blackpool og Blackburn med Darwen selvstændige amter "unitary authorities", men forblev i Lancashire rent ceremonielt af historiske årsager, lige som brand, redningstjeneste og politi.

Bymæssige området i Lancashire

Bemærk: nogle af disse steder ligger ikke længere i Lancashire.

Historie

Lancashire har givet navn til Hertugdømmet Lancaster, der har været i personalunion med England siden 1413.

Seværdigheder

  • Arnside and Silverdale AONB Accessible open space
  • Astley Hall Historic house
  • Bank Hall Historic house
  • Beacon Fell Country park
  • Blackburn Cathedral Cathedral
  • Blackpool Pleasure Beach Theme Park
  • Blackpool Tower
  • Blackpool Zoo
  • British Commercial Vehicle Museum, Leyland
  • Camelot Theme Park Theme Park
  • Clitheroe Castle Castle
  • Darwen Tower
  • East Lancashire Railway Heritage railway
  • Forest of Bowland: Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Accessible open space
  • Gawthorpe Hall, Padiham Historic house National Trust
  • Harris Museum Museum icon.png
  • Helmshore Mills Textile Museum Museum icon.png
  • Hoghton Tower Historic house
  • Irwell Sculpture Trail
  • Lancaster Castle Castle
  • Lancaster Cathedral Cathedral
  • Lathom Park ChapelCapel, site of Lathom Hall, seat of the Earls of Derby
  • Lytham Hall
  • Leighton Moss nature reserve, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
  • Martin Mere, Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust nature reserve, Burscough
  • Morecambe Bay Accessible open space
  • Museum of Lancashire Museum icon (red).png
  • Pendle Hill Accessible open space
  • The Pennines Accessible open space
  • Ribble Steam Railway Heritage railway
  • Rivington Pike
  • Rufford Old Hall Historic house National Trust
  • Samlesbury Hall Historic house
  • St Walburge's Church Church
  • Stonyhurst College – manor house dating from 1592, now a Jesuit public school
  • Towneley Hall, Burnley Historic house Museum
  • Queen Street Mill, Burnley Museum
  • West Lancashire Light Railway Heritage railway
  • West Pennine Moors Accessible open space
  • Williamson Park and the Ashton Memorial
  • Witton Country Park Country park
  • Yarrow Valley Park Country park
  • White Coppice Accessible open space
  • Haigh Hall HH icon.svg

Eksterne henvisninger

Koordinater: 53°48′N 2°36′V / 53.8°N 2.6°V / 53.8; -2.6

Medier brugt på denne side

Ashton Memorial upper levels.jpg
(c) Lupin fra en.wikipedia.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
Upper levels of the Ashton Memorial, exterior
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Forfatter/Opretter: unknown, Licens: CC BY-SA 3.0
Rivington pike.jpg
Forfatter/Opretter: Parrot of Doom, Licens: CC BY-SA 4.0
Rivington Pike, with the Winter Hill mast in the background after 1990's restoration. Note 1733 date stone no longer present, foundations exposed by errosion.
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A small black cross. For use in Template:EngPlacesKey. It denotes an Abbey or Priory.
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Castle icon in SVG vector format
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Forfatter/Opretter: Nathanemmison, Licens: CC BY-SA 4.0
This is a photo of listed building number 1205810.
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Icon for use on UK lists of places of interest.
Bank Hall Daffodils.jpeg
Forfatter/Opretter: Bankhall, Licens: CC BY-SA 3.0
Some of the Daffodils that grow at Bank Hall
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Theme Park icon (UK)
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Country park icon For use with en:Template:EngPlacesKey or any other use.
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Clitheroe Castle.JPG
A photograph of Clitheroe Castle taken on the 6th August 2007
Coat of arms of Lancashire County Council.png
Forfatter/Opretter: PNG Rastergrafik blev lavet med Inkscape. ., Licens: CC BY-SA 3.0
The Coat of arms of Lancashire County Council, the top-tier authority for the county of Lancashire, in North West England. The blazon is:
ARMS: Gules three Piles two issuant from the chief and one in base Or each charged with a Rose of the field barbed and seeded proper.

CREST: On a Wreath of the Colours a Lion passant guardant proper charged on the body with a Mascle Gules and resting the dexter forepaw on an Escocheon of the above said Arms.

SUPPORTERS: On either side a Lion proper gorged with a Collar Vair pendent therefrom an Escocheon of the following Arms viz. Gules three Piles two issuant from the chief and one in base Or each charged with a Rose Gules barbed and seeded proper.
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Forfatter/Opretter: unknown, Licens: CC BY-SA 3.0
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Small National Trust for England logo for use on UK lists of places of interest.
Queen Street Mill - Weaving Shed - geograph.org.uk - 528579.jpg
(c) Betty Longbottom, CC BY-SA 2.0
Queen Street Mill - Weaving Shed
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Access Land icon for use on UK lists of places of interest, created by Joe D.
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Historic House icon

For use with en:Template:EngPlacesKey or any other use.

Created by Naturenet
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Forfatter/Opretter: unknown, Licens: CC BY-SA 3.0