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A geographically large area of the county is served by Lancashire County Council, although this serves the [[Forest of Bowland]] in Yorkshire as well and excludes more than half of the county's population.
A geographically large area of the county is served by Lancashire County Council, although this serves the [[Forest of Bowland]] in Yorkshire as well and excludes more than half of the county's population.
== History ==
== History ==
The part of Lancashire between the Rivers Ribble and Mersey was known as ''Inter Ripam et Mersam'' (Latin: "between the Ribble and the Mersey") in the Domesday Book (1086) and was included in the returns of [[Cheshire]]; some interpretations state that this shows southern Lancashire to have been a part of Cheshire at the time, but this view is far from universal. The largest recorded settlement in ''Inter Ripam et Mersam'' in 1086 was [[Salford]], with 60 household. Present-day Lancashire north of the Ribble (including Lancaster, Preston and the Furness peninsula) may have formed part of Yorkshire (West Riding) in the 11th century.
The [[Duchy of Lancaster|House of Lancaster]] was one of the two competing factions in the [[Wars of the Roses]].
The [[Duchy of Lancaster|House of Lancaster]] was one of the two competing factions in the [[Wars of the Roses]].