A 17th Century map of Lancashire has been put on public display for the first time. The design, drawn by Elizabethan cartographer William Smith, shows major towns, such as Blackburn and includes ...

A RARE 400-year-old map of Lancashire has been re-published giving a fascinating insight into life in the 17th Century. The item was part of the first ever comprehensive atlas of Great Britain put ...

A rare portrait of the 18th Century Lancashire engineer and inventor Sir Richard Arkwright is to go on display in his home city of Preston. Arkwright was a leading figure in the cotton industry and ...

The map shows the western part of the red rose county at the top of the image A 17th Century map of Lancashire has been put on public display for the first time. The design, drawn by Elizabethan ...