Lancashire Registration Districts

East Lancashire The Map below locates & highlights the 19th Century East Lancashire Districts. BLACKBURN Registration District BURNLEY Registration District CLITHEROE Registration District HASLINGDEN Registration District

The Modern Day Districts

The 1974 and subsequent local government changes were for the purpose of local government only and have not altered the boundaries of the traditional counties of North West England, they still exist. The area shown on the above map, which covers the 4 x East Lancashire Registration Districts, comprises the most part of the area which includes the current Administrative Districts of : * Burnley & Pendle * The Ribble Valley * Hyndburn & Rossendale * Blackburn with Darwen The map below shows the location within the North West Region of England

The Traditional County Boundary

The Real Lancashire The map below shows the boundaries of the traditional County of Lancashire, and the full coast-line stretching from Furness in the North to the River Mersey in the South; and including those areas that, because of modern local government boundaries, are frequently described as part of South Cumbria, part of North Cheshire, Merseyside or Greater Manchester

1974 Administrative Boundary Changes

1974 : In the North, Ulverston District joins Westmorland and Cumberland to form the Administrative County of Cumbria.
Liverpool & South West Lancashire join part of North West Cheshire to form the Administrative County of Merseyside.
Manchester and South-east Lancashire towns join part of North East Cheshire to form the Administrative County of Greater Manchester.

A large area of West to North Yorkshire- joins Lancashire including the old Clitheroe District, to form most part of the modern-day Ribble Valley District.


The Forest of Bowland lies across the traditional Lancashire/Yorkshire counties border. Follow the link below -scroll down & click on the "map" to enlarge it

The Friends of Real Lancashire

Lancashire Day - 27th November. ______________________________ For more information about traditional Lancashire, visit the Friends of Real Lancashire Website. Downloads of maps, Lancashire Rose emblems and the "Don't say...."Banner, are available from the Friends. Follow the Link below.......... The Friends of Real Lancashire

17th Century Lancashire Parishes

Manchester2002-uk.com
have made available a larger size of this map of the 17th Century Lancashire Parishes.

For more information about the parishes and a key to this map - go to their page..........

East Lancs & Yorkshire West Riding

When viewed more clearly on the Manchester-UK page, link as above - this shows that the 2 large area Parishes of Blackburn & Whalley include East Lancashire & part of the West Riding of Yorkshire.

The UK Counties map to the right, highlights.....

Lancashire
and
the West Riding of Yorkshire(approx)

Follow the link below for images and information about one of the North-West of England's area's of outstanding natural beauty. which covers 312sq miles of rural Lancashire and North Yorkshire (pre 1974 West Riding) and includes the famous landmark Pendle Hill.

Yorkshire West Riding Parishes

A map with "zooming facility" has been made available at Genuki.org.UK, of the pre-1832 Parishes of the West Riding of Yorkshire.

To view the map follow the link below.
Once on the page - Right-click on the bottom right corner of the map and the "Zoom" button will appear.

Victorian Maps of Lancashire & Yorkshire

Reproductions of hand tinted original maps which were published in Samuel Lewis's 1831 'Topographical Gazetteer'.

Available from Francis Frith Historical Collection

Lancashire Collection

Lancaster, Castle from St Mary's Church 1886 For availability of the Victorian Map of Lancashire, follow the link below, click on "Historic Maps" , scroll down & click on the image of the Map.......... Link: Francis Frith Lancashire Collection

Yorkshire Collection

St Peter's Church, Bradford, Yorkshire West Riding, 1891 For availability of the Victorian Map of Yorkshire, follow the link below, click on "Historic Maps" , scroll down & click on the image of the Map.......... Link: Francis Frith Yorkshire Collection

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page & links updated December 2007