List of counties of England by area in 1871

This is a list of historic counties of England by area as at the 1871 census.[1] Note that Monmouthshire was considered to be part of England at the time.

Rank  | County  | Area

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1  | Yorkshire | 3,830,567 acres (15,501.75 km2)
2  | Lincolnshire | 1,775,457 acres (7,185.02 km2)
3  | Devon | 1,657,180 acres (6,706.4 km2)
4  | Norfolk | 1,354,301 acres (5,480.66 km2)
5  | Northumberland | 1,249,299 acres (5,055.73 km2)
6  | Lancashire | 1,219,221 acres (4,934.01 km2)
7  | Hampshire | 1,070,216 acres (4,331.01 km2)
8  | Essex | 1,060,549 acres (4,291.89 km2)
9  | Somerset | 1,047,220 acres (4,237.9 km2)
10  | Kent | 1,039,419 acres (4,206.38 km2)
11  | Cumberland | 1,001,273 acres (4,052.01 km2)
12  | Suffolk | 947,681 acres (3,835.13 km2)
13  | Sussex | 936,911 acres (3,791.54 km2)
14  | Cornwall | 873,600 acres (3,535 km2)
15  | Wiltshire | 865,092 acres (3,500.90 km2)
16  | Shropshire | 826,055 acres (3,342.93 km2)
17  | Gloucestershire | 805,102 acres (3,258.13 km2)
18  | Staffordshire | 728,468 acres (2,948.01 km2)
19  | Cheshire | 707,078 acres (2,861.44 km2)
20  | Derbyshire | 658,803 acres (2,666.08 km2)
21  | Dorset | 632,025 acres (2,557.71 km2)
22  | Northamptonshire | 630,358 acres (2,550.97 km2)
23  | Durham | 622,476 acres (2,519.07 km2)
24  | Warwickshire | 563,946 acres (2,282.21 km2)
25  | Herefordshire | 534,823 acres (2,164.35 km2)
26  | Cambridgeshire | 525,152 acres (2,125.21 km2)
27  | Nottinghamshire | 525,076 acres (2,124.91 km2)
28  | Leicestershire | 514,164 acres (2,080.75 km2)
29  | Westmorland | 485,432 acres (1,964.47 km2)
30  | Surrey | 478,492 acres (1,936.39 km2)
31  | Oxfordshire | 472,717 acres (1,913.02 km2)
32  | Worcestershire | 472,165 acres (1,910.78 km2)
33  | Buckinghamshire | 466,932 acres (1,889.61 km2)
34  | Berkshire | 451,210 acres (1,826.0 km2)
35  | Hertfordshire | 391,141 acres (1,582.89 km2)
36  | Monmouthshire | 368,399 acres (1,490.86 km2)
37  | Bedfordshire | 295,582 acres (1,196.18 km2)
38  | Huntingdonshire | 229,544 acres (928.93 km2)
39  | Middlesex | 180,136 acres (728.98 km2)
40  | Rutland | 95,805 acres (387.71 km2)

## References[edit]

1. ^ Results of 1871 Census cited in Encyclopædia Britannica (1890), vol. 8, p.220  \- Ancient county data

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