The castle was built in 1469 by Sir Thomas Pilkington, lord of the manors of Pilkington and Bury and a powerful member of Lancashire's gentry.

It is located amongst the South Pennines, along Lancashire's eastern boundary with West Yorkshire.

Home to Lancashire's oldest Taxus baccata | Yew tree and one of the two fallen Sequoioideae | sequoia in the UK.

During the Industrial Revolution it became one of Lancashire's most prominent mill towns ; at its peak it was one of the world's largest producers of cotton cloth, and a major centre of engineering.

The closure of Parkside marked an end to Lancashire's centuries old coal industry.

By 1900 Bolton was Lancashire's third largest engineering centre after Manchester and Oldham.

Lancashire's top professional chefs, the town's retailers, groups and volunteer organisations also take part.

He was a favorite of the local British fans who used to sing a song called " Wasim for England " at Lancashire's matches.

The town's unofficial Coat of Arms includes Cheshire's sheaf of corn, Lancashire's red rose and Yorkshire's white rose to signify the historic demarcation.

However in recent years, Burnley Wood has suffered from housing market failure, and became part of East Lancashire's Elevate scheme to clear, rebuild or remodel what were considered to be an over supply of sub-standard housing.

He also writes a regular Preston North End column for the University of Central Lancashire's Students ' Union newspaper, Pluto, and a weekly column for the Liverpool Daily Post newspaper.

Following Lancashire's reign as One Day champions in the 1970s, a programme of renovation and replacement was initiated in 1981.

However, the Court of Appeal ruled in Lancashire's favour in July 2011, and denied leave to further appeal.

Cyril Washbrook became Lancashire's first professional captain in 1954.

The new club's first county match was played in 1865 at Old Trafford against Middlesex ; Lancashire won the match by 62 runs, although Middlesex bowler V E Walker took all ten wickets in Lancashire's second innings.

As Lancashire's consistency improved, so did their support: in 1878, 28, 000 over three days watched Lancashire play Gloucestershire.

Dick Barlow carried his bat for just 5 not out in Lancashire's total of 69 in two and a half hours against Nottinghamshire on a treacherous, rain-affected Trent Bridge pitch in July 1882.

In 1885 George Kemp ( later 1st Baron Rochdale ) scored Lancashire's first century in a Roses Match.

Lancashire's steady progress was capped by a hat trick of championship titles between 1926 and 1928 under the captaincy of Leonard Green.

After a period of unrest, Brian Statham was appointed captain between 1965 and 1967 and Lancashire's results improved.

David Lloyd was captain from 1973 to 1977 and secured Lancashire's fourth Gillette Cup in 1975, and coming runners up in 1974 and 1976.

Despite boasting international players such as Lloyd and Engineer, Lancashire's first-class performances never matched the success of the limited overs team.

Towards the end of the 1980s, Lancashire's side began to develop, with Graeme Fowler and Gehan Mendis building a productive opening partnership, while David Hughes and Neil Fairbrother provided support in the middle order.

Lancashire's consistency continued, and the team finished second in the Sunday League and B & H Cup.

* High Sheriff of Fermanagh

In 1585, Drake married Elizabeth Sydenham — born circa 1562, the only child of Sir George Sydenham, of Combe Sydenham, who was the High Sheriff of Somerset.

His maternal grandfather, Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Lockhart Ovey, DSO, was High Sheriff of Oxfordshire in 1927.

Another important friendship was with the prominent Shirreff family of Chatham, the father being High Sheriff of Northumberland County for 25 years.

Other positions followed: High Sheriff of Cumberland for life, Lieutenant of the North and Commander-in Chief against the Scots and hereditary Warden of the West Marches.

His grandson, Nicholas lived to inherit his lands and was respected enough to be appointed High Sheriff in 1502.

The first act definitely known to have been carried out by Wallace was his assassination of William de Heselrig, the English High Sheriff of Lanark, in May 1297.

** Maynard Sinton, Irish industrialist and High Sheriff ( d. 1942 )

He was High Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1794.

In the Courts of Scotland judges in the Court of Session, High Court of Justiciary and Sheriff Courts are all addressed as " My Lord " or " My Lady " and referred to as " Your Lordship " or " Your Ladyship ".

From 1400 to 1404, he carried out the duties of High Sheriff of Cornwall.

During the Lent Assize Court held at Taunton ( 1730 ) typhus caused the death of the Lord Chief Baron, as well as the High Sheriff, the sergeant, and hundreds of others.

In 1884 he served as High Sheriff of Dorset.

* High Sheriff of Tyrone

He also served as High Sheriff of Cornwall from 1340 – 1341, 1343, 1358 and 1360 – 1374.

Eliza ( beth ) Oliver ( Lola's mother ) was the daughter of Charles Silver Oliver, a former High Sheriff of Cork and member of Parliament for Kilmallock in County Limerick ; his residence was Castle Oliver.

In 1873 he served as High Sheriff of Northumberland.

It is believed to have been built c. 1540 for Richard Bel ( l ) ingham, twice High Sheriff of Sussex, whose initials are carved into a fireplace, and whose coat of arms adorns a period plaster ceiling.

* 1511 and 1517: High Sheriff of Kent

In 1535 Wyatt was knighted and appointed High Sheriff of Kent for 1536.

* High Sheriff of County Waterford

Numerous signs of Huguenot presence can still be seen with names still in use, and with areas of the main towns and cities named after the people who settled there, for instance the Huguenot District and French Church Street in Cork City, D ' Olier Street in Dublin named after a High Sheriff, and one of the founders of the Bank of Ireland.

As a result of its success, all but two of Mel Brooks movies in Swedish have been given similar titles: " Springtime For Mother-In-Law " ( The Twelve Chairs ); " Springtime For The Sheriff " ( Blazing Saddles ); " Springtime For Frankenstein " ( Young Frankenstein ); " Springtime For The Silent Movies " ( Silent Movie ); " Springtime For The Lunatics " ( High Anxiety ); " Springtime For World History " ( History of the World, Part I ); " Springtime For Space " ( Spaceballs ); and " Springtime For The Slum " ( Life Stinks ).

* High Sheriff of Armagh

On 11 March 1630 Essex married Elizabeth Pawlett, daughter of Sir William Pawlett, of Edington, Wiltshire, past High Sheriff of Wiltshire and cousin of William Paulet, 4th Marquess of Winchester.