List of ancient counties of England by area in 1891


This is a list of the ancient counties of England as recorded by the 1891 census, ordered by their area.
RankCountyArea Area
1 Yorkshire 3,882,8486,067
2 Lincolnshire 1,693,5472,646
3 Devon 1,667,0972,605
4 Norfolk 1,308,4402,044
5 Northumberland 1,289,7562,015
6 Lancashire 1,207,6051,887
7 Somerset 1,043,4851,630
8 Hampshire 1,037,7641,622
9 Kent 995,3441,555
10 Essex 987,0281,542
11 Cumberland 970,1611,516
12 Suffolk 952,7091,489
13 Sussex 933,2691,458
14 Wiltshire 880,2481,375
15 Cornwall 868,0681,356
16 Shropshire 859,5161,343
17 Gloucestershire 795,7341,243
18 Staffordshire 749,6011,171
19 Derbyshire 658,8761,029
20 Cheshire 657,0681,027
21 Durham 647,2811,011
22 Northamptonshire 641,9921,003
23 Dorset 632,272987
24 Warwickshire 577,462902
25 Cambridgeshire 549,749859
26 Nottinghamshire 539,752843
27 Herefordshire 537,363839
28 Leicestershire 527,124823
29 Westmorland 500,906782
30 Surrey 485,128758
31 Oxfordshire 483,614755
32 Worcestershire 480,560751
33 Buckinghamshire 475,694743
34 Berkshire 462,224722
35 Hertfordshire 406,161635
36 Bedfordshire 298,494466
37 Huntingdonshire 234,218366
38 Middlesex 181,301283
39 Rutland 97,273152