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List of ancient counties of England by area in 1891
![]() Counties of England and Wales (1894 map)
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) |
Area (square miles)
|
| 1 |
Yorkshire |
3,882,848 |
6,067
|
| 2 |
Lincolnshire |
1,693,547 |
2,646
|
| 3 |
Devon |
1,667,097 |
2,605
|
| 4 |
Norfolk |
1,308,440 |
2,044
|
| 5 |
Northumberland |
1,289,756 |
2,015
|
| 6 |
Lancashire |
1,207,605 |
1,887
|
| 7 |
Somerset |
1,043,485 |
1,630
|
| 8 |
Hampshire |
1,037,764 |
1,622
|
| 9 |
Kent |
995,344 |
1,555
|
| 10 |
Essex |
987,028 |
1,542
|
| 11 |
Cumberland |
970,161 |
1,516
|
| 12 |
Suffolk |
952,709 |
1,489
|
| 13 |
Sussex |
933,269 |
1,458
|
| 14 |
Wiltshire |
880,248 |
1,375
|
| 15 |
Cornwall |
868,068 |
1,356
|
| 16 |
Shropshire |
859,516 |
1,343
|
| 17 |
Gloucestershire |
795,734 |
1,243
|
| 18 |
Staffordshire |
749,601 |
1,171
|
| 19 |
Derbyshire |
658,876 |
1,029
|
| 20 |
Cheshire |
657,068 |
1,027
|
| 21 |
Durham |
647,281 |
1,011
|
| 22 |
Northamptonshire |
641,992 |
1,003
|
| 23 |
Dorset |
632,272 |
987
|
| 24 |
Warwickshire |
577,462 |
902
|
| 25 |
Cambridgeshire |
549,749 |
859
|
| 26 |
Nottinghamshire |
539,752 |
843
|
| 27 |
Herefordshire |
537,363 |
839
|
| 28 |
Leicestershire |
527,124 |
823
|
| 29 |
Westmorland |
500,906 |
782
|
| 30 |
Surrey |
485,128 |
758
|
| 31 |
Oxfordshire |
483,614 |
755
|
| 32 |
Worcestershire |
480,560 |
751
|
| 33 |
Buckinghamshire |
475,694 |
743
|
| 34 |
Berkshire |
462,224 |
722
|
| 35 |
Hertfordshire |
406,161 |
635
|
| 36 |
Bedfordshire |
298,494 |
466
|
| 37 |
Huntingdonshire |
234,218 |
366
|
| 38 |
Middlesex |
181,301 |
283
|
| 39 |
Rutland |
97,273 |
152
|
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