"The
county was subject to a significant boundary reform in 1974,
which removed Liverpool and Manchester with most of their surrounding
conurbations to form part of the metropolitan counties of Merseyside
and Greater Manchester respectively. At this time, the detached
northern part of Lancashire in the Lake District, including
the Furness Peninsula and Cartmel, was made part of Cumbria.
Today the county borders Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Merseyside
and North and West Yorkshire. The Duchy of Lancaster exercises
the right of the Crown in the area known as the County Palatine
of Lancaster, which includes the counties of Lancashire, Greater
Manchester and Merseyside.
The area under the control of the county council is divided
into a number of local government districts. They are Burnley,
Chorley, Fylde, Hyndburn, Lancaster, Pendle, Preston, the Ribble
Valley, Rossendale, South Ribble, West Lancashire, and Wyre.
Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen are unitary authorities".
Source: Wikipedia
(www.wikipedia.com).
