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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • Bacup Balderstone Bamber Bridge Banks Barley Barnoldswick Barrow Nook Barrowford Barton (Preston) Barton (West Lancashire) Bashall Eaves Baxenden Belmont...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • Fishwick (born March 1971) is an English businessman. Born in Nelson in Lancashire, he left school at sixteen with no qualifications, before opening David...
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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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    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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    The East Lancashire Regiment was, from 1881 to 1958, a line infantry regiment of the British Army. The regiment was formed in 1881 under the Childers Reforms...
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    England. Historically in Lancashire, it is bordered by the suburbs of Grassendale, Allerton, and Speke. It lies on the Eastern banks of the River Mersey....
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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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    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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    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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