Leicestershire, inland county of England, bounded N. by Notts, E. by Lincolnshire and Rutland, SE. by Northamptonshire, SW. by Warwickshire, and NW. by Derbyshire; greatest length, about 44 miles; greatest breadth, about40 miles; area, 511,907 acres, population 321,258. Low undulating hills cover the surface of the county, the highest elevation being Bardon Hill (902 ft.), … Read more
Herefordshire, an inland county on the SE. border of Wales, and bounded N. by Shropshire and Worcestershire, E. by Worcestershire and Gloucestershire, S. by Gloucestershire and Monmouthshire, and W. by Monmouthshire, Radnorshire, and Brecknockshire; greatest length N. and S. 38 miles, greatest breadth E. and W. 35 miles; 532,918 acres, population 121,062. The county is … Read more
Hertfordshire (or Herts), an inland county in SE. of England, bounded N. by Cambridgeshire, E. by Essex, S. by Middlesex, W. by Bucks, and NW. by Bedfordshire; greatest length, NE. and SW., 35 miles; greatest breadth, E. and W., 26 miles: 465,141 acres, population 203,069. In appearance the county is hilly, but interspersed with fine … Read more
Inverness-shire, maritime county in NW. of Scotland; is bounded N. by Ross and Cromarty and the Inner moray Firth, NE. by Nairnshire and Elginshire, E. by Banffshire and Aberdeenshire, SE. by Perthshire, S. by Argyllshire, and W. by the Atlantic; area, 2,616,498 acres; population 90,454. Inverness-shire is the largest county in Scotland. It consists of … Read more
Man, Isle of, situated in the Irish Sea, 16 miles S. of Burrow Head, Wigtownshire, 27 miles SW. of St Bees Head, Cumberland, and 27 miles W. of Strangford Lough, county Down; greatest length, NE. to SW., 33 miles; greatest breadth, E. to W., 12½ miles; area, 145,325 acres, population 54,089. A precipitous islet, called … Read more
Wight, Isle of, in the English Channel, and in the county of Hants [until 1890], from which it is separated by Spithead and the Solent; greatest length, E. and W., from Bembridge Point to the Needles, 23 miles; greatest breadth, N. and S., from Cowes to St Catherine’s Point, 13 miles; area, 93,341 acres, population … Read more
Guernsey, the most westerly, and in point of size the second of the Channel Islands; situated in the Bay of St Michael in the Gulf of Avranches at the entrance to the English Channel, 68 miles S. of Weymouth, 81 SE. of Plymouth, and 108 SW. of Southampton; on the French side the island is … Read more
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Hampshire, Hants, or Southampton, maritime county, in S. of England; bounded N. by Berks, E. by Surrey and Sussex, S. by the English Channel, and W. by Wilts and Dorset; greatest length, N. to S., 46 miles; greatest breadth, E. to W., 46 miles; 1,037,764 acres, population 593,470. (The figures of ac. and pop. include … Read more
Hebrides, The (or Western Islands), the collective name of the islands on the W. coast of Scotland; area, (about) 1,800,000 acres; population 82,335. About 100 of them are inhabited. They are geographically divided into the Inner Hebrides, comprising the 3 groups of Islay, Mull, and Skye, and extending from The Aird, in N. of Skye, … Read more