Bolton was a short-lived rural district in the administrative county of Lancashire.

In 1182, it became part of the newly-created county of Lancashire.

Ormskirk was an urban district in the county of Lancashire from 1894 to 1974.

It is situated in what was the historic county of Lancashire.

Like most other colleges in the university, the college is named after a region of the traditional county of Lancashire.

Historically, the village lay in the county of Lancashire.

From 1894 to 1974 the town constituted an urban district in the administrative county of Lancashire.

The city is in the south west of the historic county of Lancashire.

It touched the historic county of Lancashire on the south.

It was situated within the historic county of Lancashire.