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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.
At the time the [[Domesday Book]] was compiled in 1086 on the order of [[William the Conqueror]], Lancashire was one of only two counties to not yet exist in its own right; the other was [[Rutland]], which was then an detached part of [[Nottinghamshire]]. 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 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 (as were parts of north Wales), 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 of Yorkshire|West Riding]]) in the 11th century.
The name ''Lancashire'' first appears on record in the late 12th century; in 1182, during the reign of [[Henry II]], where it appears in the pipe rolls (the main record of administrative transactions in [[Medieval]] England).<ref>[https://www.forl.co.uk/online-resources/brief-history-of-lancashire Friends of Real Lancashire - A Brief History of Lancashire]</ref>
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]].