المعرفة

لنكستر، لنك‌شر

(تم التحويل من Lancaster, Lancashire)
لمعلومات عن the larger local government district، انظر City of Lancaster.

لنكستر (Lancaster ؛ /ˈlæŋkəstər/,[2][3][4][5] /ˈlænkæsʔ/)[6] is a cathedral city and the county town of Lancashire, England. It stands on the River Lune and has a population of 52,234. The wider City of Lancaster local government district has a population of 138,375.[7] The House of Lancaster was a branch of the English royal family, whilst the Duchy of Lancaster holds large estates on behalf of Elizabeth II, who is also the Duke of Lancaster. As an ancient settlement, it is marked by Lancaster Castle, Lancaster Priory Church, Lancaster Cathedral and the Ashton Memorial. It is home to Lancaster University and has a campus of the University of Cumbria.

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View over Lancaster, with the Ashton Memorial in the distance and the spire of Lancaster Cathedral
Lancaster is located in منطقة مدينة لنكستر
Lancaster
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Shown within the City of Lancaster district
Lancaster is located in لنك‌شر
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Location within Lancashire
Population52٬234 [1]
DemonymLancastrian
OS grid referenceSD475615
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLANCASTER
Postcode districtLA1, LA2
Dialling code01524
PoliceLancashire
FireLancashire
AmbulanceNorth West
EU ParliamentNorth West England
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Lancashire
54°02′49″N 2°48′04″W / 54.047°N 2.801°W / 54.047; -2.801Coordinates: 54°02′49″N 2°48′04″W / 54.047°N 2.801°W / 54.047; -2.801

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الجغرافيا

Lancaster is the most northerly city in Lancashire, lying three miles (4.8 km) inland from Morecambe Bay on the River Lune (from which it derives its name), and the Lancaster Canal. The settlement gets more hilly from the Lune Valley towards the east, with Williamson Hill in the north-west a notable high point at 109 metres (358 ft).


الحزام الأخضر

المقالة الرئيسية: North West Green Belt



النقل

الطرق

 
شارع الملك، وتظهر القلعة في الخلفية


السكك الحديدية

 
محطة السكك الحديدية في لنكستر
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  Railway station
  Site of former railway station


أماكن هامة

 
Ashton Memorial, Williamson Park

أشخاص بارزون

Alphabetical by category. All information is taken from each person's Wikipedia page. Notability implies a lengthy period of fame.

 
Myles Standish was born near Lancaster

الفنون والترفيه


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الأعمال

  • Henry Cort (c. 1741–1800) – English ironmaster and inventor, was probably born in Lancaster.
  • James Crosby (born 1956) – chief executive of HBOS until 2006, attended LRGS.
  • Thomas Edmondson (1792–1851) – businessman and inventor of the Edmondson railway ticket, was born in Lancaster.
  • James Williamson (1842–1930) – businessman and politician who created Williamson Park and Ashton memorial, was born in Lancaster and educated at LRGS.

الجريمة

  • Lauren Jeska (born 1974) – a transgender athlete, was convicted of the attempted murder of an official, Ralph Knibbs.[8]
  • Edward Stringer, (1819–1863) – convict and prospector, discovered the Walhalla, Victoria goldfield in Australia.[9]
  • Buck Ruxton (1899–1936) – marital murderer, resided and practised medicine at 2 Dalton Square.

السياس ة والصحافة

العلوم والإنسانيات

  • J. L. Austin (1911–1960) – philosopher and developer of the theory of speech acts, was born in Lancaster.
  • John Ambrose Fleming (1849–1945) – electrical engineer and physicist, was born in Lancaster.
  • Edward Frankland (1825–1899) – chemist who originated the concept of valence, was born near Lancaster and educated at LRGS.
  • Jaroslav Krejčí (1916–2014) – Czech-British sociologist, was a professor at the University of Lancaster and died in Lancaster.
  • Geoffrey Leech (1936–2014) – linguistics researcher, was a professor at the University of Lancaster and died in Lancaster.
  • Richard Owen (1804–1892) – biologist who coined the term "dinosaur", lived in Brock Street.
  • William Turner (1832–1916) – anatomist and academic, was born in Lancaster.
  • Paul Wellings (born 1953) – ecologist, served as a professor and Vice-Chancellor of Lancaster University.
  • Gavin Wood (born 1980) – co-founded and headed Ethereum.

المدن المتوأمة

انظر أيضاً: List of twin towns and sister cities in the United Kingdom

Lancaster is twinned with:[10]

انظر أيضاً

المراجع

  1. ^ Lancaster City is made up of 9 wards (Bulk, Duke, Castle, Skerton East and West, Scotforth East and West, University and John O'Gaunt. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160314090716/http://www.ukcensusdata.com/lancaster-e07000121#sthash.sGUu3f28.LVIHxslk.dpbs Archived 14 مارس 2016 at the Wayback Machine]
  2. ^ "Lancaster - Dictionary Definition". Vocabulary.com.
  3. ^ "LANCASTER • DICTIONARY ONE.COM • Definition of Lancaster". www.dictionaryone.com.
  4. ^ "Lancaster definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary". www.collinsdictionary.com.
  5. ^ "Definition of Lancaster | Dictionary.com". www.dictionary.com.
  6. ^ Roach, Peter; Hartman, James; Setter, Jane; Jones, Daniel, eds. (2006). Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary (17th ed.). Cambridge: CUP. ISBN 978-0-521-68086-8.
  7. ^ Evans, Jacqueline. "Lancashire's Population, 2011". Lancashire County Council. Lancashire County Council. Archived from the original on 30 April 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  8. ^ Fell-runner admits attempted knife murder of British athletics official |Lancashire Evening Post.
  9. ^ The Story of Ned Stringer on the website of Toongabbie, Victoria, Australia retrieved January 2017.
  10. ^ Lancaster City Council, Twin Towns retrieved 21 January 2019.
  11. ^ "Aalborg Twin Towns". Europeprize.net. Archived from the original on 7 September 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
  12. ^ "Miasta Partnerskie Lublina" [Lublin – Partnership Cities]. www.lublin.eu (in Polish). Urząd Miasta Lublin (City of Lublin). Archived from the original on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2013-08-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  13. ^ "British towns twinned with French towns". Archant Community Media Ltd. Archived from the original on 5 July 2013. Retrieved 2013-07-11.

ببليوگرافيا

  • Shotter, David (2001), "Roman Lancaster: Site and Settlement", A History of Lancaster, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, pp. 3–31, ISBN 0-7486-1466-4 
  • White, Andrew (2001), "Continuity, Charter, Castle and County Town, 400–1500", A History of Lancaster, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, pp. 33–72, ISBN 0-7486-1466-4 

وصلات خارجية

 
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Lancaster, Lancashire.

قالب:City of Lancaster settlements قالب:Lancashire

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