List of ancient counties of England by area in 1891

This is a list of the ancient counties of England (excluding Monmouthshire) as recorded by the 1891 census, ordered by their area.

Rank	County	Area (acres)
1	Yorkshire	3,882,848
2	Lincolnshire	1,693,547
3	Devon	1,667,097
4	Norfolk	1,308,440
5	Northumberland	1,289,756
6	Lancashire	1,207,605
7	Somerset	1,043,485
8	Hampshire	1,037,764
9	Kent	995,344
10	Essex	987,028
11	Cumberland	970,161
12	Suffolk	952,709
13	Sussex	933,269
14	Wiltshire	880,248
15	Cornwall	868,068
16	Shropshire	859,516
17	Gloucestershire	795,734
18	Staffordshire	749,601
19	Derbyshire	658,876
20	Cheshire	657,068
21	Durham	647,281
22	Northamptonshire	641,992
23	Dorset	632,272
24	Warwickshire	577,462
25	Cambridgeshire	549,749
26	Nottinghamshire	539,752
27	Herefordshire	537,363
28	Leicestershire	527,124
29	Westmorland	500,906
30	Surrey	485,128
31	Oxfordshire	483,614
32	Worcestershire	480,560
33	Buckinghamshire	475,694
34	Berkshire	462,224
35	Hertfordshire	406,161
36	Bedfordshire	298,494
37	Huntingdonshire	234,218
38	Middlesex	181,301
39	Rutland	97,273

References

UK Census • Counties by population and area

	Population		Area
England	1971 (county boroughs) • 1981		1831 • 1871 • 1891 (ancient)
Wales	1971		1831 • 1891 (ancient)
Scotland	1951 • 1971		1951