Combs &c. Families of Rutland, England |
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Rutland (or Rutlandshire), inland co. of England, bounded W. and N. by Leicestershire, NE. by Lincolnshire, and SE. by Northamptonshire; greatest length, N. and S., 18 miles; greatest breadth, E. and W., 17 miles; area, 94,889 ac., pop. 21,434. Rutland is the smallest county in England. The surface is diversified by gently rising hills and fine valleys, and is watered by the Eye Brook, the Chater, and the Gwash, flowing into the Welland, which forms the south-eastern boundary.
SOURCE: Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles, 1887
To learn more about medieval terms for land see the ENGLAND: Land from Medieval to Present Day.