Lancashire
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noun
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Lancs. a county of NW England, on the Irish Sea: became a county palatine in 1351 and a duchy attached to the Crown; much reduced in size after the 1974 boundary changes, losing the Furness district to Cumbria and much of the south to Greater Manchester, Merseyside, and Cheshire: Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool became independent unitary authorities in 1998. It was traditionally a cotton textiles manufacturing region. Administrative centre: Preston. Pop (excluding unitary authorities): 1 147 000 (2003 est). Area (excluding unitary authorities): 2889 sq km (1115 sq miles)
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a mild whitish-coloured cheese with a crumbly texture
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The first-innings dismissal Campbell mentions was a loose drive to Lancashire seamer Tom Bailey which resulted in an edge being caught at slip.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
While most of the filming was done in the Liverpool area, some scenes were filmed in Bolton and Tockholes in Darwen, Lancashire.
From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026
The couple moved to Lancashire last year, accompanied by cocker spaniels Bruce and Bernie, and rabbits Bea and Bailey, after Warner Judd completed her PhD in regenerative medicine at Loughborough.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
In both “Mare of Easttown” and “Happy Valley,” Kate Winslet and Sarah Lancashire play police officers who are also grannies; that role affects but does not define them.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
You are picking this stuff, and almost all of the processing was done in Lancashire, or the North.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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