Lancashire

American  

[lang-kuh-sheer, -sher] / ˈlæŋ kəˌʃɪər, -ʃər /

noun

1. a county in NW England. 1,174 sq. mi. (3,040 sq. km).

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Lancashire British  

/ ˈlæŋkəˌʃɪə, -ʃə /

noun

1. 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)

2. a mild whitish-coloured cheese with a crumbly texture

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Lancashire

In the last two tree-planting seasons, the Lancashire Woodland Partnership has planted almost 500,000 trees and more than 27,233 metres of new hedges.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

His mother, Debbie Duncan, told BBC Radio Lancashire she hoped after watching a forthcoming documentary on the case, people "may well believe the facts".

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Stephen Cartwright, from the Lancashire Wildlife Trust, said: "We need the places right next to where people live, that are scrappy bits of land."

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

At Cutacre, a former open-cast coal mine on the edge of Salford in Greater Manchester, the Lancashire Wildlife Trust has created meadows, wetlands, ponds and grazing areas with longhorn cattle.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 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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