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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 37. Chapters: 1182 births, 1182 deaths, 1182 establishments, Conflicts in 1182, Lancashire, Cyril of Turaw, Alexios I of Trebizond, Sakya Pandita, Maria of Antioch, Ahmed-Al-Kabeer, Massacre of the Latins, Valdemar I of Denmark, Minamoto no Yoriie, Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, Battle of Belvoir Castle, Alexios IV Angelos, Verdiana, Haakon III of Norway, Raymond FitzGerald, Marie of Montpellier, Kilcooly Abbey, Bogumilus, Accursius, Agnes of Austria, Gomez Gonzalez de Manzanedo, Enguerrand III, Lord of Coucy, Hugo Etherianis, Lutgardis, Richard Peche, Robert III of Loritello, List of state leaders in 1182, Constance of Portugal, Walter, Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk, Maria Komnene, Marie I, Countess of Boulogne, Fujiwara no Hidehira, Bouchard IV of Avesnes, Waltheof, Earl of Dunbar, Leiston Abbey, Sonam Tsemo, Siege of Cotyaeum, Pietro da Pavia, Alice of Vergy, Henry I, Count of Guelders, Bohemond, Duke of Apulia, Conrad II, Duke of Merania, Yaropolk Rostislavich. Excerpt: Lancashire ( or, less commonly, ) is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston. Lancashire is sometimes referred to by the abbreviation Lancs, as originally used by the Royal Mail. The population of the county is 1,449,700. People from the county are known as Lancastrians. The history of Lancashire is thought to have begun with its founding in the 12th century. In the Domesday Book (1086), some of its lands had been treated as part of Yorkshire. The area in between the rivers Mersey and Ribble (referred to in the Domesday Book as "Inter Ripam et Mersam") formed part of the returns for Cheshire. Once its initial boundaries wer...
