Historic county

Lancashire (historic county)

Lancashire (historic county) is a historic county made up of 25 local authorities. Its boundary comes from Ordnance Survey's circa 1888 edition of Boundary-Line, and each local authority counts as a member of the county holding most of its area. It has no official code.

Its local authorities today. Select one to open its page.

Local authorities

Former members

Wards

521 wards, by local authority.

Blackburn with Darwen 17

Blackpool 21

Bolton 20

Burnley 15

Bury 17

Chorley 14

Fylde 17

Hyndburn 16

Knowsley 15

Lancaster 27

Liverpool 64

Manchester 32

Pendle 12

Preston 16

Rochdale 20

Rossendale 10

Salford 20

Sefton 22

South Ribble 23

St. Helens 18

Tameside 19

Warrington 22

West Lancashire 15

Wigan 25

Wyre 24

Ask the API

The API holds Lancashire (historic county) as a named location, with each member dated, so you can add up data over it or list the areas inside it.

  • The place and its definitionDocs
    GET/v1/locations/lancashire-historic-county
  • Its member councilsDocs
    GET/v1/locations/lancashire-historic-county/members