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Leicestershire
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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English midland county, bounded by Nottingham, Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Warwick, and Derby shires; is an undulating upland watered by the Soar, and mostly under pasture. Leicester cattle and sheep are noted, and its Stilton cheeses. There are coal deposits and granite and slate quarries in the N. The chief towns are Leicester, the county town, Loughborough, and Hinckley.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Leicestershire'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​l/leicestershire.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Leicestershire'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​l/leicestershire.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.