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  2. Lancaster Castle - Wikipedia

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    Lancaster Castle. Lancaster Castle is a medieval castle and former prison in Lancaster in the English county of Lancashire. Its early history is unclear, but it may have been founded in the 11th century on the site of a Roman fort overlooking a crossing of the River Lune. In 1164 the Honour of Lancaster, including the castle, came under royal ...

  3. Honour of Lancaster - Wikipedia

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    The Honour of Lancaster was established after the Norman conquest of England after a wide band of territory, including the lands between the River Ribble and the River Mersey, was granted by William the Conqueror to Roger the Poitevin, a powerful Norman lord. [1] The Domesday Book does not say that Roger owned Lancaster, which is listed as part ...

  4. Lancaster, Lancashire - Wikipedia

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    The city's long history is marked by Lancaster Roman Fort, Lancaster Castle, Lancaster Priory Church, Lancaster Cathedral and the Ashton Memorial. It is the seat of Lancaster University and has a campus of the University of Cumbria. It had a population of 52,234 [5] in the 2011 census compared to the district which had a population of 138,375. [6]

  5. Duchy of Lancaster - Wikipedia

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    Duchy of Lancaster. The Duchy of Lancaster is a private estate of the British sovereign. The estate has its origins in the lands held by the medieval Dukes of Lancaster, which came under the direct control of the monarch when Henry Bolingbroke, the then duke of Lancaster, ascended the throne in 1399. [1][2] In 1461 King Edward IV confirmed that ...

  6. Lancaster City Museum - Wikipedia

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    The museum was founded in 1923, and its collections illustrate the archaeology and history of the city and surrounding areas. [3] Among its highlights is the Lancaster Roman Tombstone, a memorial dating from c. 100 AD which was found locally in 2005. It depicts a Roman soldier on horseback with a decapitated opponent at his feet, and is ...

  7. Lancaster, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    42-41216. Website. cityoflancasterpa.gov. Lancaster (/ ˈlæŋkɪstər / LANG-kih-stər) is a city in and the county seat of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. [4] With a population of 58,039 at the 2020 census, [5] it is the tenth-most populous city in the state. [6] It is a core city within South Central Pennsylvania, with 552,984 ...

  8. Blanche of Lancaster - Wikipedia

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    Isabel of Beaumont. Blanche of Lancaster (25 March 1342 – 12 September 1368) was a member of the English royal House of Lancaster and the daughter of the kingdom's wealthiest and most powerful peer, Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster. She was the first wife of John of Gaunt, the mother of King Henry IV, and the grandmother of King Henry ...

  9. Judges' Lodgings, Lancaster - Wikipedia

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    Judges' Lodgings, Lancaster. / 54.0502; -2.8036. The Judges' Lodgings, formerly a town house and now a museum, is located between Church Street and Castle Hill, Lancaster, Lancashire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. [1] The building is the oldest existing town house in ...

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