"Leicestershire"

• County of central England
• Area: 986 sq mi
  Towns and cities:
  • Leicester (administrative headquarters)
  • Hinckley
  • Loughborough (administrative headquarters of Charnwood district
  • Melton Mowbray
  • Market Harborough
  Features:
  • River Soar
  • Charnwood Forest
  • Vale of Belvoir (under which are large coal deposits)
  Industries:
  • horses
  • cattle
  • sheep
  • dairy products
  • coal
  • Stilton cheese
  • hosiery
  • footwear
  • bell founding
• Population: 860,700
  Famous people:
  • Titus Oates
  • Thomas Babington Macaulay
  • C P Snow
• History: Richard III was defeated by Henry VII at the Battle of Bosworth 1485.

See Also: Rutland which was for a time part of Leicestershire.