Table of Contents

Preface; 1. County and shire; 2. General characteristics. Position and natural conditions; 3. Size. Shape. Boundaries; 4. Surface and general features; 5. Watersheds and rivers; 6. Reservoirs and water supply; 7. Geology; 8. Natural history; 9. Climate and rainfall; 10. People - early inhabitants, place-names, population; 11. Agriculture; 12. Industries; 13. Mines and quarries; 14. History; 15. Antiquities; 16. Architecture - (a) ecclesiastical; 17. Architecture - (b) military and domestic; 18. Communications - (a) roads; 19. Communications - (b) canals and railways; 20. Administration and divisions; 21. Roll of honour; 22. The chief towns and villages of Leicestershire.

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This guide to Leicestershire by G. N. Pingriff was first published in 1920 as part of the Cambridge County Geographies.