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| Leicestershire Situated in the centre of England, Leicestershire covers an area of 984 square miles and includes what was once England's smallest county of Rutland. Natural features found in the county are one of the largest reservoirs in Europe of Rutland Water, Charnwood Forest and the Vale of Belvoir (under which there lies a vast coal seam). The county lists as it's main products those of horse breeding, cattle and sheep farming, coal mining and dairy products. Facts on the region Origin of name: Leicester is an English corruption of the Latin "a fort on the river Leire". The 12th-century writer William of Malmesbury referred to the Leire as the Legra. Name first recorded: 1087 as Laegrecastrescir. Places to Visit Stanford Hall, Lutterworth, Leicestershire Ashby De La Zouch Castle, Leicestershire Belgrave Hall, Leicestershire Kirkby Muxloe Castle, Muxloe, Leicestershire Lyddington Bede House, Leicestershire Noseley Hall, Leicestershire Prestwold Hall, Loughborough, Leicestershire |