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Lancaster (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 54 04 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 54.0667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 002 50 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -2.8333 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on the River Lune; built on site of and named after a Roman camp; town was burned by Scots in 1322 and 1389; was flourishing port in the late 18th century; industries include furniture and linoleum manufacturing; noted for 15th-century St. Mary's Church which is on a Roman site and contains Anglo-Saxon work and 14th-century choirstalls; the city is dominated by its castle which has a Norman keep. |
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| Lancaster (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Lanecastrum (H,V)
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............ | used in the 11th century, meaning "Roman fort on the river Lune" |
| Loncastra (H,V)
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| Loncastre (H,V)
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............ | recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 |
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Lancaster (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was a Roman site, town was chartered in 1193 |
| city (C) |
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given city status in 1937 |
| industrial center (C) |
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| manufacturing center (C) |
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| market center (C) |
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| trade center (C) |
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| county seat (H) |
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| port (H) |
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