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Lanchester Rural District
Lanchester may refer to: Places *Lanchester, County Durham, a village in England *Lanchester Polytechnic, former name of Coventry University People * Ann Margaret Lanchester (fl. 1803), British fashion designer *Elsa Lanchester (1902–1986), Oscar-nominated English character actress *Frederick W. Lanchester (1868–1946), engineer who devised Lanchester's laws and founded Lanchester Motor Company **Lanchester's laws, mathematical formulae for calculating the strength of military forces *Henry Vaughan Lanchester (1863–1953), architect and brother of Frederick W *John Lanchester (born 1962), British journalist and novelist *William Forster Lanchester (1875–1953), British zoologist Other uses *Lanchester Motor Company, a now defunct Birmingham car manufacturer **Lanchester armoured car, of World War I **Lanchester 6×4 armoured car, post World War I *Lanchester submachine gun, used primarily by the Royal Navy in the Second World War See also *Lancaster (other) { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lanchester, County Durham
Lanchester is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England, west of Durham and from Consett. It had a population at the 2011 Census of 4,054. Although there was a small drift mine on the edge of the village which closed in the 1970s, Lanchester's economy was mainly based on agriculture. It is now a residential village in which a number of housing estates have been developed since the late 1960s. History The earliest occupation on the site is the Roman auxiliary fort located just southwest of Lanchester (. ''Longovicium'' lay on the Roman road leading north from Eboracum (York), known as Dere Street. It is situated between the forts of Vindomora (Ebchester) and Vinovia ( Binchester). The fort dates to AD 140, covers almost , and housed around 1,000-foot soldiers and cavalry. The fort foundations are well preserved, but there has only been minor excavation work carried out in 1937. Stone from the fort was used in the construction of All Saints' Church, which h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
