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This is a list of historic counties of England by area as at the 1871 census.[1] Note that Monmouthshire was considered to be part of England at the time. | Rank | County | Area | | 1 | Yorkshire | 3830567|acre|km2}} | | 2 | Lincolnshire | 1775457|acre|km2}} | | 3 | Devon | 1657180|acre|km2}} | | 4 | Norfolk | 1354301|acre|km2}} | | 5 | Northumberland | 1249299|acre|km2}} | | 6 | Lancashire | 1219221|acre|km2}} | | 7 | Hampshire | 1070216|acre|km2}} | | 8 | Essex | 1060549|acre|km2}} | | 9 | Somerset | 1047220|acre|km2}} | | 10 | Kent | 1039419|acre|km2}} | | 11 | Cumberland | 1001273|acre|km2}} | | 12 | Suffolk | 947681|acre|km2}} | | 13 | Sussex | 936911|acre|km2}} | | 14 | Cornwall | 873600|acre|km2}} | | 15 | Wiltshire | 865092|acre|km2}} | | 16 | Shropshire | 826055|acre|km2}} | | 17 | Gloucestershire | 805102|acre|km2}} | | 18 | Staffordshire | 728468|acre|km2}} | | 19 | Cheshire | 707078|acre|km2}} | | 20 | Derbyshire | 658803|acre|km2}} | | 21 | Dorset | 632025|acre|km2}} | | 22 | Northamptonshire | 630358|acre|km2}} | | 23 | Durham | 622476|acre|km2}} | | 24 | Warwickshire | 563946|acre|km2}} | | 25 | Herefordshire | 534823|acre|km2}} | | 26 | Cambridgeshire | 525152|acre|km2}} | | 27 | Nottinghamshire | 525076|acre|km2}} | | 28 | Leicestershire | 514164|acre|km2}} | | 29 | Westmorland | 485432|acre|km2}} | | 30 | Surrey | 478492|acre|km2}} | | 31 | Oxfordshire | 472717|acre|km2}} | | 32 | Worcestershire | 472165|acre|km2}} | | 33 | Buckinghamshire | 466932|acre|km2}} | | 34 | Berkshire | 451210|acre|km2}} | | 35 | Hertfordshire | 391141|acre|km2}} | | 36 | Monmouthshire | 368399|acre|km2}} | | 37 | Bedfordshire | 295582|acre|km2}} | | 38 | Huntingdonshire | 229544|acre|km2}} | | 39 | Middlesex | 180136|acre|km2}} | | 40 | Rutland | 95805|acre|km2}} |
References1. ^Results of 1871 Census cited in [https://books.google.com/books?id=6SaalkfxgkAC Encyclopædia Britannica (1890), vol. 8, p.220 ] - Ancient county data
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