Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LANCASTER (DUCHY OF)

LANCASTER (DUCHY OF), a liberty in Strand district, Middlesex; forming part of the metropolis; and lying partly in the precinct of the Savoy and St Clement-Danes, but mostly in the parish of St. Mary-le-Strand. It includes the site of the palace of the Earls and Dukes of Lancaster.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a liberty"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Strand RegD/PLU       Middlesex AncC
Place names: DUCHY OF LANCASTER     |     LANCASTER     |     LANCASTER DUCHY OF
Place: Duchy of Lancaster

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