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 |
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