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Statistics, hundreds, nine market towns, and 168 parishes : the 

 > "~"Y" < '' principal towns in this county are Nottingham, New- 

 ark, and Mansfield. Derbyshire is bounded, on 

 the north, by a small part of Cheshire and York- 

 shire; on the east, by Nottinghamshire; on the south, 

 by Leicestershire, a point of Warwickshire, and 

 Staffordshire ; and on the west, by Cheshire and Staf- 

 fordshire. It contains one county town, six hundreds, 

 11 market towns, and 106 parishes. Its principal 

 towns are Derby, Chesterfield, Buxton, and Matlock. 



rThe county of Stafford is bounded on the west by Che- 

 shire and Shropshire ; on the east, by Derbyshire and 

 Warwickshire ; on the south, by Worcestershire ; and 

 on the north, by Cheshire and Derbyshire. It contains 

 one city, one county town, five hundreds, 19 market 

 towns, and 150 parishes. The principal towns in Staf- 

 fordshire are Lichfield, Stafford, Newcastle under Line, 

 and Burton upon Trent. Leicestershire is bounded on 

 the west by Derbyshire and Warwickshire ; on the 

 east, by Rutlandshire and Lincolnshire; on the north, 

 by Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire ; and on the south, 

 by Northamptonshire. It contains one county town, 

 six hundreds, eleven market towns, and 192 parishes. 

 Its principal towns are Leicester, Loughborough, Hink- 

 ley, and Lutterworth. Rutlandshire is bounded by 

 Lincolnshire on the north and north-east ; by North- 

 amptonshire on the south and south-east ; and by Lei- 

 cestershire on the west. It contains one county town, 

 five hundreds, two market towns, and 5S parishes. The 

 principal towns in this county are Rutland, Oakham, 

 and Uppingham. Northamptonshire is bounded on 

 the north and north-west by Rutlandshire, Lincoln- 

 shire, and Leicestershire; on the west, by Warwick- 

 shire ; on the south, by Oxfordsliire and Buckingham- 

 shire ; on the east, by Bedfordshire and Huntingdon- 

 shire, and a small point of Cambridgeshire. It con- 

 tains one city, one county town, twenty hundreds, 

 twelve market towns, and 302 parishes. The principal 

 towns in Northamptonshire, are Northampton, Peter- 

 borough, Wellingborough, Kettering, and Daventry. 

 Warwickshire is bounded on the south by Oxfordsliire 

 and Gloucestershire ; on the west, by Worcestershire ; 

 on the north-west, by Staffordshire ; on the north, by 

 Derbyshire ; on the north-east, by Leicestershire ; and 

 on the east, by Northamptonshire. It contains one 

 city, one county town, five hundreds, fourteen market 

 towns, and 158 parishes. Its principal towns are War- 

 wick, Coventry, Birmingham, and Stratford on Avon. 

 Worcestershire is bounded on the north by Salop and 

 Staffordshire ; on the west, by Herefordshire ; on the 

 south, by Gloucestershire ; and on the east, by War- 

 wickshire. It contains one city, five hundreds, eleven 

 market towns, and 1 52 parishes. The principal towns 

 in this county are Worcester, Kidderminster, Stour- 

 bridge, and Dudley. Gloucestershire is bounded on 

 the south by Wiltshire, and part of Somersetshire ; on 

 the north, by Worcestershire; on the west, by Mon- 

 mouthshire and Herefordshire; and on the east, by 

 Warwickshire and Oxfordshire. It contains two cities, 

 one county town, 28 hundreds, 26 market towns, and 

 280 parishes. Its principal towns are Gloucester, Bris- 

 tol (in part), Circncester, and Tewksbury. Oxford- 

 shire is bounded on the north by Northamptonshire 

 and Warwickshire ; on the west, by Gloucestershire ; 

 on the south, by Berkshire ; and on the east, by Buck- 

 inghamshire. It contains one city, 1+ hundreds, 12 

 market towns, and 280 parishes. The principal towns 

 in this county are Oxford, Witney, Woodstock, and 

 I3nbury. Buckinghamshire is bounded on the north 



by Northamptonshire"; by Berkshire, and a point of S.aiinks. 

 Surrey, on the south ; by Middlesex, Hertfordshire, """V"' 

 and Bedfordshire, on the east ; and by Oxfordshire on 

 the west. It contains one county town, eight hun- 

 dreds, 16 market towns, and 185 parishes. Its prin- 

 cipal towns are Buckingham, Aylesbury, and Eton. 

 Bedfordshire, the last of the midland counties, is bound- 

 ed on the north by Huntingdonshire and Northamp- 

 tonshire ; on the west, by Buckinghamshire ; on the 

 south, by the same county and Hertfordshire ; and on 

 the east, by Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire. It 

 contains one county town, nine hundreds, ten market 

 towns, and 124 parishes. The principal towns in this 

 county are Bedford, Dunstable, and*Antpthill. 



The eight eastern counties are, Lincolnshire, Hun- Counties in 

 tingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, the eastern 

 Hertfordshire, and Middlesex. The county of Lin- district- 

 coin is bounded on the north by Yorkshire ; on the east 

 by the German Ocean, and by a part of Norfolk ; on 

 the west by Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire ; and, 

 on the south, by the counties of Rutland, Northamp- 

 tonshire, and Cambridgeshire : it contains one city, 

 31 hundreds, 31 market- towns, and 630 parishes. The 

 principal towns in Lincolnshire are, Lincoln, Boston, 

 Stamford, and Gainsborough. Huntingdonshire is 

 bounded on the south and south-east by Cambridge- 

 shire ; on the north-east by the same county ; on the 

 north and north-west by Northamptonshire ; and on the 

 south-west by Bedfordshire. It contains one county- 

 town, six market- towns, four hundreds, and 107 parishes. 

 Its principal towns are, Huntingdon and St Ives. Cam- 

 bridgeshire is bounded on the west by Bedfordshire, 

 Huntingdonshire, and a point of Northamptonshire ; 

 on the east by Suffolk ; on the south by Essex and 

 Hertfordshire ; on the north-west by Lincolnshire ; and 

 on the north-east by Norfolk. It contains one city, one 

 county-town, 15 hundreds, eight market-towns, and 

 163 parishes. The principal towns in Cambridgeshire 

 are, Cambridge, Ely, Wisbeach, and Newmarket. Nor- 

 folk is bounded on the north and north-east by the 

 German Ocean ; on the south and south-east by Suf- 

 folk ; and on the west by Lincolnshire and Cambridge- 

 shire. It contains one city, 33 hundreds, 32 market- 

 towns, and 660 parishes. Its principal towns are, 

 Norwich, Yarmouth, and Lyn. Suffolk is bounded on 

 the west by Cambridgeshire ; on the east by the Ger- 

 man Ocean ; on the south by Essex ; and on the north 

 by Norfolk. It contains one county-town, 22 hun- 

 dreds, 29 market-towns, and 575 parishes. The prin- 

 cipal towns in this county are, Ipswich, Bury St Ed- 

 mund's, and Lowestoffe. The county of Essex is 

 bounded on the north by Suffolk and a part of Cam- 

 bridgeshire ; on the south by the Thames, which di- 

 vides it from Kent ; on the east by the German Ocean ; 

 and on the west by Hertfordshire and Middlesex. It 

 contains one county- town, 14 hundreds, five half- 

 hundreds, one royal liberty, 27 market-towns, and 

 41.5 parishes. The principal towns in Essex are, 

 Chelmsford, Harwich, Colchester, Bocking, and Brain- 

 tree. Hertfordshire is bounded on the south by Mid- 

 dlesex ; on the north by Cambridgeshire and Bedford- 

 shire ; on the west by Bedfordshire and Buckingham- 

 shire ; and on the east by Essex. It contains one coun- 

 ty-town, eight hundreds, 19 market-towns, and 120 

 parishes. Its principal towns are, Hertford, St Albans, 

 Ware, and Barnet. Middlesex is bounded on the east 

 by Essex ; on the west by Buckinghamshire ; on the 

 north by Hertfordshire ; and on the south by Surrey 

 and a corner of Kent. It contains two cities, six mar- 



