# A History of Lancashire

Author: Fishwick, Henry, 1835-1914

Genre: Category: History - British

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49369

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=A+History+of+Lancashire+Fishwick&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Lancashire, on its south and south-east, is bounded by the county of Chester, the division for about 50 miles, _i.e._, from Stockport to Liverpool, being the river Mersey; on the west is the Irish Sea; on the east, up to Graygarth Fell, in the parish of Tunstall, lies Yorkshire; from thence to the waters of Morecambe Bay the boundary is formed by Yorkshire and Westmorland; across the bay is a portion of Lonsdale hundred (north of the Sands), which is almost surrounded by the counties of Westmorland and Cumberland, the extreme eastern boundary being formed by a portion of Windermere Lake. Lancashire from north-west to south-east measures 86 miles, and it is 45 miles across at its widest pa...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-lancashire-49369/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-lancashire-49369/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Chapter V.).](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-lancashire-49369/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-lancashire-49369/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-lancashire-49369/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-lancashire-49369/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-lancashire-49369/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-lancashire-49369/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-lancashire-49369/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-lancashire-49369/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter IX.), religious houses endowed, and castles erected. Many of](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-lancashire-49369/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-lancashire-49369/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-lancashire-49369/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-lancashire-49369/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-lancashire-49369/chapters/1/index.md)
- [part 2). At Dunnerdale Fell is an enclosure very similar to that found](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-lancashire-49369/chapters/3/index.md)