Lancashire Day
From Standish Wiki
Lancashire Day is celebrated in Standish, as it is across Lancashire, every year on the 27th of November. Unlike most counties in England, Lancashire did not have its own special day until 1996.
The idea sprang from the Friends of Real Lancashire organisation which was established to defend the historic boundaries of Lancashire stretching back over 800 years, which lie between the River Mersey and Furness Fells.
Lancashire Day allows us the opportunity to declare that we are not only proud to be 'Standishers,' first mentioned in the records of the 12th century, but Lancastrians too.
Friends of Real Lancashire chose November 27th as the County Day because it was on that date in 1295 that Edward I summoned two knights as Lancashire's first representatives to the Parliament at Westminster.
Incidentally, the ancient boroughs of Lancashire, Preston, Liverpool and Wigan were the only towns in Lancashire who were summoned to send members. Wigan sent William Teinterer and Henry le Bocher (descended from the Normans who invaded England in 1066 and hence the Norman/French names) at wages of two shillings per day. they weren't paid until they returned with proof that they had actually been to Parliament.
See also:
- Lancashire Day on the Friends of Real Lancashire website
- Friends of Real Lancashire on Wikipedia
