From Preston being home to the first KFC in the UK, to Blackburn being the first town in the UK to take on mass fingerprinting – even Hollywood royalty Samuel L Jackson got in on the act.
We have rounded up 25 things you may not know were Lancashire born. Take a look.
7. Jelly Babies
The sweets were invented in 1864 by an Austrian immigrant working at Fryers of Lancashire, and were originally marketed as "Unclaimed Babies". By 1918 they were produced by Bassett's in Sheffield as "Peace Babies", to mark the end of World War I. Photo: Adobe
8. Holland's Pies
Holland's is a true British bakery baking proper tasty pies and puddings for over 168 years. It was founded by father and daughter John and Sarah Whittaker in 1851, as a confectioners shop in Haslingden, Lancashire. It now sells pies, pasties and sausage rolls. Photo: Holland's Pies Official
9. Inbev Brewery, Samlesbury
Samlesbury Brewery was built by Whitbread in 1972 and came into the ownership of Interbrew (as it then was) following Whitbread’s decision to sell its breweries and brewing interests in 2000. Brands brewed at Samlesbury include Budweiser, Stella Artois, Brahma, Bass and Boddingtons, which are packaged into kegs, cans and bottles. Photo: Spencer Platt
10. British biologist and palaeontologist Sir Richard Owen
Former Lancaster Royal Grammar School pupil turned British biologist and palaeontologist Sir Richard Owen, pictured in 1875, is known for coining the word 'dinosauria' from which the term dinosaur derives. As a young man Owen recognised the fossils found at the Jurassic coast shared a number of distinctive features. He said they were terrible lizards. Photo: Hulton Archive
11. BAE Systems
The BAE Systems manufacturing and assembly facility at Warton (on the banks of the River Ribble) has its aviation roots in May 1939 when, as war clouds gathered in Europe, Air Ministry officials started the compulsory purchase of grass field land west of Preston in order to establish a satellite airfield for the nearby RAF Squires Gate airfield in Blackpool. Work by the Wimpey Construction Company on land drainage and the construction of 3 main runways started soon after. Photo: UGC
12. Laila's Fine Foods
Laila’s Fine Foods Ltd is a successful family run business in Blackpool that specialises in authentic, ready prepared meals for both the food service and retail markets. The company has worked with a major UK supermarkets such as Asda, Morrisons, Lidl and Spar and Iceland. Photo: Google