Lancashire A-Z

Name these places, people, and things from A-Z that are associated with the English county of Lancashire.

This quiz is about the historic county, which encompasses territory now part of the ceremonial counties of Cumbria, Greater Manchester, and Merseyside.

When the answer is a person, the letter refers to their surname (except for C).

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	Hint	Answer
A	Landmark in L built by a lord for his wife; the "Taj Mahal of the North"	Ashton Memorial
B	Seaside resort town; home to a famous tower	Blackpool
C	The current Duke of L	Charles III
D	Former mill town just south of Blackburn	Darwen
E	Town known for a famous cake	Eccles
F	The county has non-contiguous territory on this peninsula	Furness
G	Elizabethan stately home near Burnley	Gawthorpe Hall
H	Dish consisting of lamb, onions, and sliced potatoes	Lancashire hotpot
I	Historical process kickstarted by Lancashire cotton mills	Industrial Revolution
J	Soft, dusty, gummy sweets invented by an Austrian immigrant in N	Jelly Babies
K	Town equidistant between B and Preston	Kirkham
L	County town; gave the county its name	Lancaster
M	River that serves as the county's southern boundary	Mersey
N	Town named (indirectly) after the hero of Trafalgar	Nelson
O	Author who travelled to Wigan Pier	George Orwell
P	Area famous for its 1612 witch trials	Pendle Hill
Q	Former cotton mill near Burnley; now a museum	Queen Street Mill
R	River that runs through Preston	Ribble
S	New town near Wigan known as "Skem" to locals	Skelmersdale
T	Stomach-lining dish popular in the postwar period; "Lancashire Calamari"	Tripe
U	Town on F; birthplace of Stan Laurel, of Laurel and Hardy	Ulverston
V	Main settlement on W; named for a shipbuilding / armaments company	Vickerstown
W	Island off F; opposite the town of Barrow	Walney Island
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Y	Rival of the House of L in the Wars of the Roses	House of York
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Level 62

Dec 7, 2023

Liked the quiz, although Ulverston and Furness are in Cumbria.

Level 83

Dec 7, 2023

Thanks, this series is about the historic counties, not the ceremonial ones, and Furness is part of historic Lancashire. I appreciate that isn’t clear though; I’ll add some clarification.

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