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Lancashire (/ˈlæŋkəʃər/ LAN-kə-shər, /-ʃɪər/ -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.
The county has an area of 3,079 square kilometres (1,189 sq mi) and a population of 1,490,300. After Preston (147,800), the largest settlements are Blackpool (141,100) and Blackburn (124,995); the city of Lancaster has a population of 52,655. For local government purposes, Lancashire comprises a non-metropolitan county, with twelve districts, and two unitary authority areas, Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool. The county historically included northern Greater Manchester and Merseyside, the Furness and Cartmel peninsulas of Cumbria, and some of northern Cheshire, and excluded the eastern part of the Forest of Bowland. (Full article...)
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Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot (also Vivien, born Vivienne Haigh; 28 May 1888 – 22 January 1947) was the first wife of American-British poet T. S. Eliot, whom she married in 1915, less than three months after their introduction by mutual friends, when Vivienne was a governess in Cambridge and Eliot was studying at Oxford.
Vivienne had many serious health problems, beginning with tuberculosis of the arm as a child, and the marriage appeared to exacerbate her mental health issues. Husband Eliot would not consider divorce, but formally separated from Vivienne in 1933. She was later committed to an asylum by her brother, against her will, eventually dying there apparently from a heart attack, but possibly by deliberate overdose. When told via a phone call from the asylum that Vivienne had died unexpectedly during the night, Eliot is said to have buried his face in his hands and cried out 'Oh God, oh God.' (Full article...)Topics
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North Lancashire in 1610. (from History of Lancashire) -
Ribble estuarine alluvium (from Geology of Lancashire) -
John Speed's map of the County Palatine of Lancaster, 1610 (from History of Lancashire) -
Eccles cake and Lancashire cheese at a restaurant (from Lancashire cheese) -
Parsonage Colliery in 1980 (from Lancashire Coalfield) -
Map of mid-Lancashire, c. 400. (from History of Lancashire) -
A Chorley cake (left) and an Eccles cake (right) (from Chorley cake) -
Worsley Delph, the entrance to the Duke of Bridgewater's underground mines (from Lancashire Coalfield) -
Southwest Lancashire in 1610. (from History of Lancashire) -
Spoil heaps or "rucks" at Wharton Hall Colliery, Little Hulton (from Lancashire Coalfield) -
Lancashire, nicknamed "The Red Rose County" within England, showing ancient extent (from History of Lancashire) -
British Coalfields (from Lancashire Coalfield) -
The Red Rose of Lancaster is the county flower of Lancashire, and a common symbol for the county. (from History of Lancashire) -
The historic county palatine boundaries in red and the ceremonial county in green (from History of Lancashire) -
Astley Green Colliery, offices and headgear (from Lancashire Coalfield) -
Monument to James Anderton OBE, inventor of the power shearer, sited in St.Helens (from Lancashire Coalfield)
Did you know ...
- ... that Argleton (supposed location pictured) appears on Google Maps as a settlement in West Lancashire, England, even though no such place exists?
- ... that in 1920–21, Burnley were crowned champions of English football for the first time?
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