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Historically, the county of Lancashire covered a much wider area before boundary changes were introduced in 1974. Some towns which formerly belonged to the county still strongly identify with it. Notable examples are Bolton, Bury, Heywood, Horwich, Leigh, Southport, St. Helens and Wigan, and as well as cities such as Manchester, Liverpool and ...
Some names were carried over directly and are found throughout the country (such as Manchester, Birmingham and Rochester). Others carry the prefix "New"; for example, the largest city in the US, New York, was named after York because King Charles II gave the land to his brother, James, the Duke of York (later James II).
Towns and villages in the Borough of Pendle (2 C, 24 P) Hamlets in Lancashire (42 P) A. Aughton, West Lancashire (1 C, 9 P) B. ... Pages in category "Villages in ...
This is a list of the most common U.S. place names (cities, towns, villages, boroughs and census-designated places [CDP]), with the number of times that name occurs (in parentheses). [1] Some states have more than one occurrence of the same name. Cities with populations over 100,000 are in bold.
This is a list of places within the historic county of Lancashire, England. It lists places within geographical Lancashire, rather than the 1974 creation of ...
This is a list of cities and towns whose names were officially changed at one or more points in history. It does not include gradual changes in spelling that took place over long periods of time. see also: Geographical renaming, List of names of European cities in different languages, and List of renamed places in the United States
Market towns in Lancashire (1 C, 8 P) Towns and villages in the Borough of Pendle (2 C, 24 P) A. Accrington (3 C, 37 P) Adlington, Lancashire (1 C, 6 P) B. Bacup (1 C ...