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When Henry died the palatine powers were resumed by the king, then 29 years later granted to his successor, John of Gaunt. When John of Gaunt died, the duchy was seized by his nephew, Richard II, whereupon Gaunt’s son, Henry Bolingbroke, returned from exile and recovered both duchy and kingdom from his cousin, and was crowned Henry IV, the first of the royal house of Lancaster. The duchy was never again surrendered by the reigning monarch, and the loyal toast in Lancashire is to ‘The Queen, Duke of Lancaster’.

The first occasion on which the ‘county’ of Lancaster appears is in 1168. The principal advantage of the town of Lancaster lay in its strategic position in relation to the Lune valley, a main through route to Scotland, but this command diminished as the military significance of Lancaster castle declined, and other important centres to the south grew. In 1798 the seat of county government switched from Lancaster to Preston, where it has remained ever since.

Beside the Lune (Walk 2)