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This Lancashire-style Indian Pavilion burnt out in a fire in 1933; it was rebuilt in 1935, but it was not as grand as the original.

The building nearest to us is in fact the West Lancashire Bank, which opened in 1879; it was later acquired for an extension to the library.

High up above Todmorden, half of which used to be in Lancashire, we find this small Pennine village with a surprising number of mills for its size.

This church may have the oldest foundations of any in Lancashire, dating from Saxon times.

In 1893, a study by a German sociologist found that six out of every seven working-class families in the mill towns of Lancashire and Yorkshire managed to save enough money to spend on a holiday.The

On Sunday 28 June, as Lancashire enjoyed the hottest day of the year, an event was taking place that would set Europe aflame.

In 1893, a study by a German sociologist found that six out of every seven working-class families in the mill towns of Lancashire and Yorkshire managed to save enough money to spend on a holiday.

Morecambe is much frequented by trippers from the busy towns of Lancashire and Yorkshire, for whose recreation are provided abundant entertainments of distinctly popular order.

Freshfield is situated between Formby and Ainsdale on the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway route between Liverpool and Southport.

At the time these photographs were taken, Warrington was still part of Lancashire but, after the boundaries were changed in the 1970s, it became part of Cheshire.

Not only did New Brighton attract vast numbers of visitors from Liverpool and Lancashire, but also hawkers too.

This Lancashire-style Indian Pavilion burnt out in a fire in 1933; it was rebuilt in 1935, but it was not as grand as the original.

In 1893, a study by a German sociologist found that six out of every seven working-class families in the mill towns of Lancashire and Yorkshire managed to save enough money to spend on a holiday.

The great residences which the Peels built in Hyndburn have been swept away, but this Tudor cottage, now lovingly restored, remains as a monument to one of Lancashire's great families.

Ellesmere Port was developed primarily to serve the canal that linked the towns in the region with the Mersey and Severn rivers and ultimately with the industrial heartlands of Lancashire and the Midlands

The village was once nicknamed 'the goose village', because it was said that geese from Pendleton tasted better than any others in Lancashire.

Some said that Burnley did not need parks, as the Pennines of South Lancashire are only ten minutes away, and some lovely countryside surrounds the town.

Victoria Buildings c1965 Freshfield is situated between Formby and Ainsdale on the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway route between Liverpool and Southport.

Like Shepton Mallet and other southern cloth towns, it prospered until the woollen industry moved to Lancashire and Yorkshire's new mills after 1800 - thus in effect preserving the town for us architecturally

week-enders and in-comers now make up a large part of the old village.The village was once nicknamed 'the goose village', because it was said that geese from Pendleton tasted better than any others in Lancashire

The factory was kept very busy, especially at Christmas, when besides Lancashire cheese, sage and cheddar cheeses were produced; but it was demolished in 1991, and houses were built on the site.

It is also the last resting place of Sir Thomas Tyldesley, who had accompanied the Earl of Derby's 1651 invasion of Lancashire from the Isle of Man in support of Charles II.

On the left, a striped post bearing the red torch of Lancashire County Council denotes a school ahead.

A toll bridge was erected 1864-65 to connect the village with Lancashire.