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Leicestershire is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It is bordered by Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire to the north, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire to the south-east, Warwickshire to the south-west, and Staffordshire to the west. The city of Leicester is the largest settlement and the county town.
The Midlands is the central part of England, between Northern England to its north, and Southern England to its south and east. The region also shares a border with Wales to the west, while it also shares a coastline at the North Sea. The Midlands correspond to the ceremonial counties of Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands and Worcestershire.
The United Counties League is an English football league covering an area including the English counties of northern Bedfordshire, northern Buckinghamshire, most of Cambridgeshire, southern Derbyshire, southern Leicestershire, most of Lincolnshire, western Norfolk, Northamptonshire, southern Nottinghamshire, northern Oxfordshire, Rutland, eastern Staffordshire, eastern Warwickshire and eastern West Midlands. It has a total of five divisions, three for first teams and two for reserve teams, but the reserves' divisions were merged into a single division for the 2013–14 season and remains so at present.
This article is intended to give an overview of the history of Leicestershire, England.
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Turnpike trusts were bodies set up by individual Acts of Parliament, with powers to collect road tolls for maintaining the principal roads in Britain from the 17th but especially during the 18th and 19th centuries. At the peak, in the 1830s, over 1,000 trusts administered around 30,000 miles (48,000 km) of turnpike road in England and Wales, taking tolls at almost 8,000 toll-gates and side-bars.
BBC East Midlands is the BBC English Region covering Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland, South Kesteven in Lincolnshire and some northern parts of Northamptonshire.
The following is an alphabetical list of articles related to the United Kingdom.
This is a list of turnpike trusts that maintained roads in South East England.
This is a list of turnpike trusts that maintained roads in the East of England.
This is a list of turnpike trusts that maintained roads in Yorkshire.
This is a list of turnpike trusts that maintained roads in the north east of England.
This is a list of turnpike trusts that maintained roads in North West England.
This is a list of turnpike trusts that maintained roads in the West Midlands.
This is a list of turnpike trusts that maintained roads in South West England.
References
- Rosevear, Alan. "List of English Turnpike Trusts". Turnpike Roads in England & Wales.
- "Derbyshire Turnpikes". Society for All British and Irish Road Enthusiasts.
- "Leicestershire Turnpikes". Society for All British and Irish Road Enthusiasts.
- "Lincolnshire Turnpikes". Society for All British and Irish Road Enthusiasts.
- "Northamptonshire Turnpikes". Society for All British and Irish Road Enthusiasts.
- "Nottinghamshire Turnpikes". Society for All British and Irish Road Enthusiasts.
- "Rutland Turnpikes". Society for All British and Irish Road Enthusiasts.
- Albert, William (2007). The Turnpike Road System in England: 1663-1840. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521033916.
- ↑ "Turnpikes and tolls". UK Parliament.