County of Leicestershire

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The County of Leicestershire is a historic and predominantly rural county in the East Midlands of England, centered on the city of Leicester and known for its market towns, agricultural landscape, and industrial heritage.

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Statements (79)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ceremonial county
historic county
non-metropolitan county
borders Derbyshire
Lincolnshire
Northamptonshire
Nottinghamshire
Rutland
Staffordshire
Warwickshire
contains A46 road
surface form: A46 road (sections)

A6 road (sections)
Anstey
Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Barrow upon Soar
Birstall
Blaby
Blaby
surface form: Blaby District

Broughton Astley
Castle Donington
Charnwood
Charnwood Forest, England
surface form: Charnwood Forest

Leicester
surface form: City of Leicester

Coalville
Countesthorpe
Desford
Hinckley and Bosworth
surface form: Earl Shilton

East Midlands Airport
surface form: East Midlands Airport (partly associated regionally)

Enderby
Grand Union Canal
surface form: Grand Union Canal (sections)

Groby
Harborough District
Hinckley
Hinckley and Bosworth
Kibworth Harcourt
surface form: Kibworth

Leicestershire County Council
Loughborough
Lutterworth
M1 motorway
surface form: M1 motorway (sections)

M69 motorway
surface form: M69 motorway (sections)

Hinckley and Bosworth
surface form: Market Bosworth

Market Harborough
Melton District
Melton Mowbray
Mountsorrel
Narborough
National Forest
surface form: National Forest (part)

North West Leicestershire
Oadby
Oadby
surface form: Oadby and Wigston

Quorn
River Soar
Rothley
Shepshed
Syston
Thurmaston
Wigston
Wymeswold
country England
hasAdministrativeCentre Leicester
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
logistics
manufacturing
hasHeritage industrial heritage
hasHighSheriff High Sheriff of Leicestershire
hasHistoricEvent Battle of Bosworth Field
surface form: Battle of Bosworth Field (in historic Leicestershire)
hasLandscape predominantly rural
hasLargestSettlement Leicester
hasLieutenancyArea Leicestershire
hasLordLieutenant Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire
surface form: Lord-Lieutenant of Leicestershire
hasTimeZone BST
GMT
hasTraditionalFood Melton Mowbray pork pie
Red Leicester cheese
Stilton cheese (production area)
knownFor agricultural landscape
market towns
locatedIn East Midlands
partOf United Kingdom

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Diocese of Leicester territoryIncludes County of Leicestershire
Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster associatedWith County of Leicestershire
this entity surface form: County of Leicester
Lieutenancies of England hasJurisdictionOver County of Leicestershire
this entity surface form: ceremonial county of Leicestershire
Market Harborough isTransportHubFor County of Leicestershire
this entity surface form: south Leicestershire