Leicestershire

Leicestershire (abbreviated Leics) is a landlocked county in central England. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester: traditionally its administrative centre, although the City of Leicester unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire. The county borders onto Lincolnshire, Rutland, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, and Nottinghamshire.

History

Main article: History of Leicestershire.

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Leicestershire was recorded in the Domesday Book in four wapentakes: Guthlaxton, Framland, Goscote and Gartree. These later became hundreds, with the division of Goscote into West Goscote and East Goscote, and the addition of Sparkenhoe hundred.

Related Topics:
Domesday Book - Wapentake - Guthlaxton - Framland - Goscote - Gartree - Hundred - West Goscote - East Goscote - Sparkenhoe

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Leicestershire's external boundaries have changed little since the Domesday Survey. The Measham-Donisthorpe exclave of Derbyshire has been exchanged for the Netherseal/Overseall area, and the urban expansion of Market Harborough has caused Little Bowdon, previously in Northamptonshire to be annexed.

Related Topics:
Measham - Donisthorpe - Exclave - Derbyshire - Netherseal - Overseall - Market Harborough - Little Bowdon - Northamptonshire

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In 1974, the Local Government Act 1972 abolished the county borough status of Leicester city and the county status of neighbouring Rutland, converting both to administrative districts of Leicestershire. These actions were reversed on 1 April 1996, when Rutland and the City of Leicester became unitary authorities.

Related Topics:
1974 - Local Government Act 1972 - County borough - Rutland - Districts - 1 April - 1996

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