Lancashire is a county of England, bordered by the Irish Sea, and bounded by Cumberland, Westmoreland, Yorkshire, and Cheshire. It is 75 miles from top to bottom and 30 miles across. Lancashire is divided into six hundreds, which each contain 27 market towns, 62 parishes, and 894 villages.
Lancashire is one of the main commercial and manufacturing counties in England. Its principal manufactures are linen, silk, and cotton goods; fustians, counterpanes, shalloons, baize, serges, tapes, small wares, hats, sail-cloth, sacking, pins, iron goods, and cast plate-glass. Liverpool is one of the major ports in the United Kingdom.
Another leading industry in Lancashire is its fisheries. The principal rivers are the Mersey, Irwell, Ribble, Lune, Leven, Wyre, Hodder, Roche, Duddon, Winster, Kent, and Calder.
Lancaster is the county town with a population of 1,667,054, returning 26 members to parliament. |
