What is Leicestershire?
[[File:County_flag_of_Leicestershire.svg|thumb|220px|right|[[Flag]] of Leicestershire]] [[File:Arms_of_Leicestershire_County_Council.svg|thumb|150px|[[Coat of arms]] of Leicestershire]] [[File:County Hall.jpg|thumb|left|Leicestershire County Hall at Glenfield, built in 1967]] [[File:EnglandLeicestershire.png|thumb|Leicestershire in England]] '''Leicestershire''' (abbreviated '''Leics''') is a [[county]] in central [[England]]. It takes its name from the heavily populated [[Leicester|City of Leicester]], its traditional [[administration|administrative]] centre, although the City of Leicester is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire. The county [[border]]s onto [[Lincolnshire]], [[Rutland]], [[Northamptonshire]], [[Warwickshire]], [[Staffordshire]], [[Derbyshire]], and [[Nottinghamshire]]. Leicestershire was recorded in the [[Domesday Book]]. == Other websites == * [http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/ Leicester Mercury] * [http://www.wartimeleicestershire.com/ Wartime Leicestershire] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181208134631/http://www.wartimeleicestershire.com/ |date=2018-12-08 }} * [http://www.goleicestershire.com/ Official tourism website for Leicester & Leicestershire] * [http://www.thejitty.com/ The Jitty, an information site for young people in Leicestershire] * [http://beehive.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/default.asp?WCI=SiteHome&ID=8354&PageID=90259 Leicestershire Bands website] {{England counties}} {{authority control}} {{UK-stub}} [[Category:Leicestershire| ]] [[Category:East Midlands]] [[Category:Ceremonial counties of England]]