"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.