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 (5)

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
Earl of Leicester family → historicallyAssociatedWith → County of Leicestershire ⓘ