Lancaster

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Lancaster, usually derived from the city of Lancaster in the United Kingdom, can refer to:

Contents 1 Geographic locations 1.1 Australia 1.2 Canada 1.3 United Kingdom 1.4 United States 2 Royal House 3 Military 4 Sports 5 Computers 6 Businesses 7 Surnames

[edit] Geographic locations

[edit] Australia

• Lancaster, Victoria

[edit] Canada

• Lancaster, New Brunswick
• Lancaster, Ontario
• Lancaster Sound, in Nunavut

[edit] United Kingdom

• Lancaster, Lancashire, a city in northwestern England and the original for which most others are named
  • Lancaster Castle, the medieval core of the modern city
  • Lancaster Priory, the parish church
  • Lancaster University, a leading university 3 miles South of the city
  • The City of Lancaster, the local government district containing Lancaster
  • The County of Lancaster, an alternate (and historically correct) title for the County palatine (not Shire) of Lancashire
  • Lancaster (UK Parliament constituency), a historical political district
  • The Honour of Lancaster, the territory controlled from Lancaster, out of which the County of Lancashire formed in the Middle Ages (possibly including the Barony of Kendal)
  • Duchy of Lancaster, one of only two British duchies
  • Duke of Lancaster
  • Earl of Lancaster
  • House of Lancaster, a British royal dynasty
• Lanchester, a much smaller town in the ceremonial county of Durham

[edit] United States

• Lancaster, California, the largest city with the name
• Lancaster, Illinois
• Lancaster, Huntington County, Indiana
• Lancaster, Jefferson County, Indiana
  • Patricksburg, Indiana, a community also called Lancaster
• Lancaster, Kansas
• Lancaster, Kentucky
• Lancaster, Massachusetts
• Lancaster, Minnesota
• Lancaster, Missouri
• Lincoln, Nebraska (once known as Lancaster)
• Lancaster, New Hampshire
• Lancaster (town), New York
  • Lancaster (village), New York, within the Town of Lancaster
• Lancaster, Ohio
• Lancaster, Pennsylvania
• Lancaster, South Carolina
• Lancaster, Texas
• Lancaster, Virginia
• Lancaster, Wisconsin
• Lancaster County, Nebraska
• Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
• Lancaster County, South Carolina
• Lancaster County, Virginia
• Lancaster Township, Pennsylvania

[edit] Royal House

• The House of Lancaster was a branch of the English royal House of Plantagenet.

[edit] Military

• Avro Lancaster - the World War II-era bomber aircraft

[edit] Sports

• Lancaster JetHawks - a minor league baseball team of the California League
• Lancaster Barnstormers - a minor league baseball team of the Atlantic League

[edit] Computers

• Lancaster (computer game) - a 1982 computer game
• Lancaster - the codename for AMD Turion 64 Processor for notebook computers.

[edit] Businesses

• Lancaster Monaco, a cosmetics and skin care brand based in Monaco

[edit] Surnames

• Lancaster (surname) for a list of people with the surname Lancaster