List of counties of England by area in 1831

This is a list of historic counties of England by area as at the 1831 census.[1] Note that Monmouthshire was considered to be part of England at the time.

Rank  | County  | Area

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1  | Yorkshire | 3,669,510 acres (14,850.0 km2) [2]
2  | Lincolnshire | 1,663,850 acres (6,733.4 km2)
3  | Devon | 1,636,450 acres (6,622.5 km2)
4  | Norfolk | 1,292,300 acres (5,230 km2)
5  | Northumberland | 1,165,430 acres (4,716.3 km2)
6  | Somerset | 1,028,090 acres (4,160.5 km2)
7  | Hampshire | 1,018,550 acres (4,121.9 km2)
8  | Essex | 979,000 acres (3,960 km2)
9  | Lancashire | 977,260 acres (3,954.8 km2)
10  | Kent | 972,240 acres (3,934.5 km2)
11  | Cumberland | 969,490 acres (3,923.4 km2)
12  | Suffolk | 918,760 acres (3,718.1 km2)
13  | Sussex | 907,920 acres (3,674.2 km2)
14  | Wiltshire | 869,620 acres (3,519.2 km2)
15  | Shropshire | 864,360 acres (3,497.9 km2)
16  | Cornwall | 854,770 acres (3,459.1 km2)
17  | Gloucestershire | 790,470 acres (3,198.9 km2)
18  | Staffordshire | 736,290 acres (2,979.7 km2)
19  | County Durham | 679,530 acres (2,750.0 km2)
20  | Derbyshire | 663,180 acres (2,683.8 km2)
21  | Cheshire | 649,050 acres (2,626.6 km2)
22  | Northamptonshire | 646,810 acres (2,617.5 km2)
23  | Dorset | 627,220 acres (2,538.3 km2)
24  | Warwickshire | 567,930 acres (2,298.3 km2)
25  | Herefordshire | 543,800 acres (2,201 km2)
26  | Cambridgeshire | 536,853 acres (2,172.57 km2)
27  | Nottinghamshire | 525,800 acres (2,128 km2)
28  | Leicestershire | 511,340 acres (2,069.3 km2)
29  | Westmorland | 485,990 acres (1,966.7 km2)
30  | Surrey | 474,480 acres (1,920.2 km2)
31  | Berkshire | 472,270 acres (1,911.2 km2)
32  | Oxfordshire | 467,380 acres (1,891.4 km2)
33  | Buckinghamshire | 463,820 acres (1,877.0 km2)
34  | Worcestershire | 459,710 acres (1,860.4 km2)
35  | Hertfordshire | 400,370 acres (1,620.2 km2)
36  | Monmouthshire | 324,310 acres (1,312.4 km2)
37  | Bedfordshire | 297,632 acres (1,204.47 km2)
38  | Huntingdonshire | 241,690 acres (978.1 km2)
39  | Middlesex | 179,590 acres (726.8 km2)
40  | Rutland | 97,500 acres (395 km2)

## References[edit]

1. ^ 1831 Census cited in Vision of Britain \- Ancient county data
2. ^ 1831 Census cited in National Statistics \- 200 years of the Census in... (PDF)

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