Leicestershire (abbreviated Leics ) is a county in central England . It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester , its traditional administrative centre, although the City of Leicester is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire. The county borders onto Lincolnshire , Rutland , Northamptonshire , Warwickshire , Staffordshire , Derbyshire , and Nottinghamshire .

Leicestershire was recorded in the Domesday Book .

Other websites [ change | change source ]

• Leicester Mercury
• Wartime Leicestershire Archived 2018-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
• Official tourism website for Leicester & Leicestershire
• The Jitty, an information site for young people in Leicestershire
• Leicestershire Bands website

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