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2. Lancaster, Lancashire - Wikipedia

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   Lancaster, Lancashire. /  54.04889°N 2.80139°W  / 54.04889; -2.80139. Lancaster ( / ˈlæŋkəstər /, / ˈlænkæs -/) [2] is a city [3] in Lancashire, England and the main cultural hub, economic and commercial centre of City of Lancaster district. The city is on the River Lune directly inland from Morecambe Bay.

3. Duchy of Lancaster - Wikipedia

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   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 the Duchy would be ...

4. City of Lancaster - Wikipedia

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   The City of Lancaster, or simply Lancaster ( / ˈlæŋkæstər / ), [2] [3] is a local government district with city status in Lancashire, England. It is named after its largest settlement, Lancaster, and also includes the towns of Carnforth, Heysham and Morecambe and a wider rural hinterland. The district has a population of 144,446 (2022), [4 ...

5. Quernmore Park - Wikipedia

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   Quernmore Park. / 54.0586; -2.7401. Quernmore Park Hall is a grade II* listed Georgian country house which stands in a 20-acre estate in the village of Quernmore, part of the City of Lancaster district of England. The house consists of a main 3-storey block with set back pavilions at each end. The main block is built of sandstone ashlar with 5 ...

6. Abbeystead House - Wikipedia

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   Abbeystead House was built in 1886 as a shooting lodge for the 4th Earl of Sefton. [1] It was designed by the Chester firm of architects Douglas & Fordham, [2] who added gun and billiard rooms in 1894. [3] The estate holds the record for the biggest grouse bag in a day; when on 12 August 1915, 2,929 birds were shot by eight guns (shooters).

7. Lancaster City F.C. - Wikipedia

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   Lancaster City Football Club is an English semi-professional non-League football club based in the northern city of Lancaster, Lancashire. They currently compete in the Northern Premier League Premier Division, the seventh tier of English football, and play at Giant Axe. They are full members of the Lancashire County Football Association .