Everything about The History Of Lancashire totally explained
The
History of Lancashire begins with its establishment as a
county of
England in
1182, making it one of the youngest of the
historic counties of England, although there's evidence that the boundaries of the county were settled as early as
1100.
Early history
In the
Domesday Book, some of its lands had been treated as part of
Yorkshire. The area in between the
Mersey and
Ribble (referred to in the Domesday Book as "Inter Ripam et Mersham") formed part of the returns for
Cheshire. Although some have taken this to mean that, at this time, south Lancashire was part of Cheshire, Once its initial boundaries were established, it bordered
Cumberland,
Westmorland,
Yorkshire, and
Cheshire.
Lancashire, which takes its name from the city of
Lancaster, which itself is derived from the
River Lune, was established some time after the
Norman conquest when
William the Conqueror gave the land between the
Ribble and the
Mersey, together with
Amounderness, to
Roger de Pitou. In the early 1090s
Lonsdale,
Cartmel and
Furness were added to Roger's estates to facilitate the defence of the area south of
Morecambe Bay from
Scottish raiding parties, which travelled round the
Cumberland coast and across the bay at low water, rather than through the mountainous regions of the
Lake District.
The county was divided into the six
hundreds of
Amounderness,
Blackburn,
Leyland,
Lonsdale,
Salford and
West Derby. Lonsdale was further partitioned into Lonsdale North, which was the detached part north of
Morecambe Bay (also known as
Furness), and Lonsdale South.
Boundary changes
The modern county is now rather smaller than that of the historic county due to significant local government reform. On
April 1,
1974 the Furness exclave was transferred to the new county of
Cumbria, the south east went to
Greater Manchester and the south west became part of
Merseyside.
Warrington and surrounding districts including the villages of Winwick and Croft and Risley and Culcheth were annexed to
Cheshire. A part of the
West Riding of Yorkshire near
Clitheroe, was transferred to Lancashire also.
In 1998
Blackpool and
Blackburn with Darwen became independent of the county as unitary authorities, but remained in Lancashire for
ceremonial purposes, including the provision of fire, rescue and policing.
For centuries the seat of
Lancashire County Council was found at
Lancaster, and in this capacity is considered to be the
county town of Lancashire. However today the county council is seated at the city of
Preston.
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