Lancashire

Lancashire was a coastal county in the north-west of England.

The county included the town of Blackpool, home to both Lucie Miller (AUDIO: Death in Blackpool) and Clara Oswald. (TV: Robot of Sherwood)

Geography
Lancashire was located in the north-west of England. (TV: The Witchfinders) It was a coastal county which bordered the Irish Sea. (COMIC: Seaside Rendezvous)

The county included the towns of Ackleton (AUDIO: Industrial Evolution) and Blackpool, (TV: Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS, Robot of Sherwood) and the villages of Dinorben (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark) and Bilehurst Cragg. (TV: The Witchfinders)

Major landmarks in the county included Blackpool Tower (AUDIO: The Nightmare Fair) and Pendle Hill. (TV: The Witchfinders)

History
In the mid-19th century, ten families from Lancashire founded the village of Dinorben. (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Witch Mark)

In the 1940s, the Eighth Doctor spent some time in Lancashire. (PROSE: Grimm Reality)

In the 1980s, the Seventh Doctor and Bernice Summerfield attended a Laurel and Hardy convention in Ulverston, Lancashire. (PROSE: The Pit)

Scream of the Shalka
Though not considered part of the Doctor Who universe by this wiki, Scream of the Shalka was set in the fictional Lancashire village of Lannet. An alternative Ninth Doctor visited the village where he met Alison Cheney and defeated the Shalka. (NOTVALID: Scream of the Shalka, NOTVALID: Scream of the Shalka)

County borders
The ill-defined borders of Lancashire within the DWU can be a cause of confusion. In the real world, Lancashire was historically a much larger county than it is today. Following a reform of county boundaries in 1974, Manchester and Liverpool - cities which were historically in Lancashire - became part of Greater Manchester and Merseyside respectively; the historical north of Lancashire was merged with Cumberland and Westmorland to form Cumbria.

Cast and crew
Cast members Peter Purves and Jenna Coleman were born in Lancashire. Christopher Eccleston and Bernard Cribbins were born in former boroughs of Lancashire which have since been incorporated into Greater Manchester.

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