Banks /ˈbæŋks/ is a large coastal village in Lancashire, England, south of the Ribble estuary four miles (6 km) north-east of Southport. The village is...
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Lancashire (/ˈlæŋkəʃər/ LAN-kə-shər, /-ʃɪər/ -sheer; abbreviated Lancs) is a ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Cumbria to the...
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The Banks, Greater Manchester, a location Banks, Lancashire, a village The Banks, Wiltshire Banks, Alabama Banks, Arkansas Banks County, Georgia Banks, Idaho...
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David Ball is a British sport shooter residing in Banks, Lancashire. Ball competes in Down-The-Line competitions throughout the United Kingdom, having...
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city on the north bank of the River Ribble in Lancashire, England. The city is the administrative centre of the county of Lancashire and the wider City...
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West Lancashire is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England. The council is based in Ormskirk, and the largest town is Skelmersdale...
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large village and civil parish in the Ribble Valley on the banks of the River Calder in Lancashire, England. It is overlooked by Whalley Nab, a large wooded...
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1976) was an English footballer, who played as a forward. Born in Banks, Lancashire, he played for clubs including Southport, Manchester United, Sheffield...
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wartime version of Henry V. Leslie Banks was born in West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire, to George and Emily (née Dalby) Banks. He attended school at Glenalmond...
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Bacup Balderstone Bamber Bridge Banks Barley Barnoldswick Barrow Nook Barrowford Barton (Preston) Barton (West Lancashire) Bashall Eaves Baxenden Belmont...
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Burnley (redirect from Burnley, Lancashire)
town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2001 population of 73,021. It is 21 miles (34 km) north...
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Durham, Lancashire and Yorkshire ... : (modern section) (Vol 1 ed.). London: Simpkin. p. 49. Retrieved 3 March 2018. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Banks, George...
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Banks railway station was on the West Lancashire Railway in England. It served the village of Banks near Southport. The station and line opened on 19...
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Lancaster (/ˈlæŋkəstər/, /ˈlænkæs-/) is a city in Lancashire, England and the main cultural hub, economic and commercial centre of City of Lancaster district...
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Kirkam-in-Amounderness is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Fylde in Lancashire, England, midway between Blackpool and Preston and adjacent to the town...
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Bank Hall is a Jacobean mansion in Bretherton, Lancashire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building and is at the centre of a private estate, surrounded...
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Burnley Savings and Loans (redirect from Bank of Dave)
2023. Fishwick, Dave (2012). Bank of Dave: How I Took On the Banks: The Story of One Man's Heroic Attempt to Take On the Banks. Virgin Books. ISBN 978-0-753-54078-7...
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The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) was a major British railway company before the 1923 Grouping. It was incorporated in 1847 from an amalgamation...
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Thomas Banks (born 10 November 1929) is an English retired footballer who played as a left back. He was born at Farnworth, Lancashire. He played for Bolton...
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Southport (redirect from Southport, Lancashire)
Churchtown, Marshside, Crossens, and Banks. As well as Churchtown, there were vicarages in Crossens and Banks. Parts of the parish were almost completely...
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Blackburn (redirect from Blackburn, Lancashire)
and the administrative centre of the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The town is north of the West Pennine Moors on the southern...
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broadcast to north Lancashire and south Cumbria from studios in Lancaster. The station's original name, The Bay, derived from the sand banks of Morecambe Bay...
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Parr's Bank Limited was a bank that existed from 1782 to 1918. It was founded as Parr & Co. in Warrington, then in the county of Lancashire in the United...
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that the commercial banks served. In the first half of the 19th century, bank runs or bank collapses were common, so savings banks had no safe outlet for...
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Skelmersdale (redirect from Ashurst, Lancashire)
Skelmersdale /ˈskɛlmərzdeɪl/ is a town in the West Lancashire district, in Lancashire, England, on the River Tawd, 6 miles (10 km) west of Wigan, 13 miles...
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Hesketh Bank is a village in the West Lancashire district of Lancashire, England. It is situated approximately 7 miles (11 km) north-east of Southport...
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411°W / 53.702; -2.411 Yate and Pickup Bank is a civil parish in the borough of Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, England. The population of the civil...
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Chorley (redirect from Chorley, Lancashire)
town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England, 8 miles (13 km) north of Wigan, 11 miles (18 km) south west...
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(/ˌbraɪ.ərˈfiːld/) is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Pendle, in Lancashire, England. It is 3 miles (4.8 km) north east of Burnley, 1 mile (1.6 km)...
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The 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army. The division was raised in 1908 as part of the Territorial Force...
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