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.

All labels observed (4)

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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 (sections)
linked to: A46 road

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

Broughton Astley
Castle Donington
Charnwood
Charnwood Forest
City of Leicester
linked to: Leicester

Coalville
Countesthorpe
Desford
Earl Shilton
East Midlands Airport (partly associated regionally)
Enderby
Grand Union Canal (sections)
linked to: Grand Union Canal

Groby
Harborough District
Hinckley
Hinckley and Bosworth
Kibworth
linked to: Kibworth Harcourt

Leicestershire County Council
Loughborough
Lutterworth
M1 motorway (sections)
linked to: M1 motorway

M69 motorway (sections)
linked to: M69 motorway

Market Bosworth
Market Harborough
Melton District
Melton Mowbray
Mountsorrel
Narborough
National Forest (part)
linked to: National Forest

North West Leicestershire
Oadby
Oadby and Wigston
linked to: Oadby

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 (in historic Leicestershire)
hasLandscape predominantly rural
hasLargestSettlement Leicester
hasLieutenancyArea Leicestershire
hasLordLieutenant 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 Leicester
linked to: County of Leicestershire
Lieutenancies of England hasJurisdictionOver ceremonial county of Leicestershire
linked to: County of Leicestershire
Market Harborough isTransportHubFor south Leicestershire
linked to: County of Leicestershire