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County maps of Lancashire. Maps of the whole county or region, providing an overview of the physical and human landscape. For more detailed maps of rural areas, see Ordnance Survey maps from the 1840s. Browse county maps using a graphic index. Select the county map you wish to view.
Lancashire is a county of England, in the northwest of the country. The county did not exist in 1086, for the Domesday Book, and was apparently first created in 1182, [ 1 ] making it one of the youngest of the traditional counties. The historic county consisted of two separate parts.
6 days ago · Lancashire, administrative, geographic, and historical county in northwestern England. It is bounded to the north by Cumberland and Westmorland (in the present administrative county of Cumbria), to the east by Yorkshire, to the south by Cheshire, and to the west by the Irish Sea.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
3 days ago · Map of Lancashire ( Southampton, 1846-1873), British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/os-1-to-10560/lancashire [accessed 30 October 2024].
This page gives an overview of the history of Lancashire, from the prehistoric to the 20th Century. There are links to many of the sites mentioned on this page, which will take you to a discussion of each one and how to access them.
Lancashire (/ ˈ l æ ŋ k ə ʃ ər / LAN-kə-shər, /-ʃ ɪər /-sheer; abbreviated Lancs) is a ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Cumbria to the north, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire to the east, Greater Manchester and Merseyside to the south, and the Irish Sea to the west.
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Aug 21, 2024 · Lancashire Maps. Lancashire historic maps from Printed Maps of Lancashire: the first two hundred years. The following images have been scanned from maps in the collection of Dr Ian Saunders (unless otherwise stated) and have been used as illustrations in Printed Maps of Lancashire: the first two hundred years (CNWRS, Lancaster, 2013).
