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== Administration ==
== Administration ==
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. The Furness peninsula in the county's far north is administered by [[Westmorland and Furness Council]], which also covers the county [[Westmorland]] and part of [[Cumberland]].
== History ==
== History ==
Ptolemy (c. 150 AD) recorded modern-day Lancashire as being within the territory of the British Celtic tribe the [[Brigantes]]. The [[Roman]] occupation of Britain lasted from 43 AD to c. 410 AD and evidence for a Roman presence in what is now Lancashire is strong; indeed, following the post-Roman introduction of Old English to Britain (spoken 5th-11th centuries), many Lancashire place-names were suffixed with the Old English ''-ceaster'' (now ''-caster'', ''-chester''), denoting a Roman fort, with the Roman-era Latin forms sometimes appearing on record. Such names include [[Lancaster]], [[Manchester]] and [[Ribchester]]. In addition, the Roman settlement ''Coccium'' may have become [[Wigan]] (whose name may indicate Latin ''vicus'').
Ptolemy (c. 150 AD) recorded modern-day Lancashire as being within the territory of the British Celtic tribe the [[Brigantes]]. The [[Roman]] occupation of Britain lasted from 43 AD to c. 410 AD and evidence for a Roman presence in what is now Lancashire is strong; indeed, following the post-Roman introduction of Old English to Britain (spoken 5th-11th centuries), many Lancashire place-names were suffixed with the Old English ''-ceaster'' (now ''-caster'', ''-chester''), denoting a Roman fort, with the Roman-era Latin forms sometimes appearing on record. Such names include [[Lancaster]], [[Manchester]] and [[Ribchester]]. In addition, the Roman settlement ''Coccium'' may have become [[Wigan]] (whose name may indicate Latin ''vicus'').