Leicestershire
Leicestershire (abbreviated Leics) is a county in central England. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, its traditional administrative centre, although the City of Leicester is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire. The county borders onto Lincolnshire, Rutland, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, and Nottinghamshire.
Flag of Leicestershire
Coat of arms of Leicestershire
Leicestershire County Hall at Glenfield, built in 1967
Leicestershire in England
Leicestershire was recorded in the Domesday Book.
Other websites
- Leicester Mercury
- Wartime Leicestershire Archived 2018-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
- Official tourism website for Leicester & Leicestershire
- The Jitty, an information site for young people in Leicestershire
- Leicestershire Bands website
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