Introducing Lancashire
Located in northwestern England, Lancashire touches
on the densley populated areas of Merseyside and
Greater Manchester in the South and the more rural
area of Cumbria to the north.
The area first prospered through the textile
industry which developed with the advent of the
industrial revolution allowing for greater mechanisation
through inventions such as the Spinning Jenny.
This industry was later bolstered through the
use of coal power which came from local mines.
More recently canal, road and rail links with
Liverpool and Manchester have assisted with this
development but diversification from the traditional
industries has been required to prevent the decline
of the area. Farms continue to feed the industrial
areas and the seaside resorts such as Blackpool
are fighting back against the more popular foreign
holiday destinations with some success.
Area. 1,183 square miles (3,064 square
km).
Pop. (1987 est.) 1,381,300.
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Towns in Lancashire
Abbeystead / Accrington / Adlington / Altham / Appley Bridge / Ashurst / Aughton / Bacup / Barley / Barnoldswick / Barrowford / Belmont / Birch Green / Blackburn / Blackpool / Bolton / Broadley / Brock / Burnley / Burscough / Bury / Carnforth / Chipping / Chorley / Chorlton cum Hardy / Clay Brow / Cleveleys / Clitheroe / Colne / Croston / Darwen / Digmoor / Euxton / Failsworth / Fleetwood / Garstang / Great Harwood / Grindleton / Haslingden / Heysham / Holland Moor / Kirkham / Lancaster / Leigh / Levenshulme / Leyland / Longridge / Lytham St Annes / Lytham St. Anne's / Morecambe / Morecombe / Nelson / Newchurch-in-Rossend / Old Skelmersdale / Oldham / Ormskirk / Oswaldtwistle / Padiham / Parbold / Penwortham / Pilling / Poulton-le-Fylde / Preesall / Preston / Quernmore / Rawtenstall / Rochdale / Rossendale / Skelmersdale / St. Annes / Tanhouse / Thornton / Trawden / Up Holland / Waterfoot / Whalley / Whelmar / Whitworth / Wigan / Wrea Green / Wrightington Bar
Local Government
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
Blackpool Borough Council
Burnley Borough Council
Chorley Borough Council
Fylde Borough Council
Hyndburn Borough Council
Lancashire County Council
Lancaster City Council
Pendle Borough Council
Preston City Council
Ribble Valley Borough Council
Rossendale Borough Council
South Ribble Borough Council
West Lancashire District Council
Wyre Borough Council |
