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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. Lancaster is the county town [4] although Lancashire County Council has been based at County Hall in ...
Lancashire is a county of England, in the northwest of the country. The county did not exist in 1086, for the Domesday Book, and was apparently first created in 1182, [ 1 ] making it one of the youngest of the traditional counties. The historic county consisted of two separate parts.
The town of Lancaster was an ancient borough, with its earliest known charter dating from 1193.A later charter in 1337 gave it the right to appoint a mayor. [6] It was reformed to become a municipal borough in 1836, governed by a body formally called the "mayor, aldermen and burgesses of the borough of Lancaster", but generally known as the corporation or town council. [7]
For the record: 1:22 p.m. Sept. 12, 2023: An earlier version of this story misspelled the last name of Lancaster Mayor R. Rex Parris as Perris.. The city of Lancaster is creating a new police ...
Lancaster University (officially The University of Lancaster) [4] is a public research university in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. The university was established in 1964 by royal charter , [ 5 ] as one of several new universities created in the 1960s.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...