Rutland
Rutland is an historic county of England. (For more information about the ancient counties of the UK, see the historic counties page and the place types page.)
From The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, (1870-72):
An inland county, the smallest in England; bounded on the N and the NE, by Lincolnshire; on the SE and the S, by Northamptonshire; on the SW, the W, and the NW, by Leicestershire.
The county town is Oakham; the only other town with more than 2,000 inhabitants is Uppingham.
Also known as Rutlandshire.
|
