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 3,830,567 acres (15,501.75 km2)
2 Lincolnshire 1,775,457 acres (7,185.02 km2)
3 Devon 1,657,180 acres (6,706.4 km2)
4 Norfolk 1,354,301 acres (5,480.66 km2)
5 Northumberland 1,249,299 acres (5,055.73 km2)
6 Lancashire 1,219,221 acres (4,934.01 km2)
7 Hampshire 1,070,216 acres (4,331.01 km2)
8 Essex 1,060,549 acres (4,291.89 km2)
9 Somerset 1,047,220 acres (4,237.9 km2)
10 Kent 1,039,419 acres (4,206.38 km2)
11 Cumberland 1,001,273 acres (4,052.01 km2)
12 Suffolk 947,681 acres (3,835.13 km2)
13 Sussex 936,911 acres (3,791.54 km2)
14 Cornwall 873,600 acres (3,535 km2)
15 Wiltshire 865,092 acres (3,500.90 km2)
16 Shropshire 826,055 acres (3,342.93 km2)
17 Gloucestershire 805,102 acres (3,258.13 km2)
18 Staffordshire 728,468 acres (2,948.01 km2)
19 Cheshire 707,078 acres (2,861.44 km2)
20 Derbyshire 658,803 acres (2,666.08 km2)
21 Dorset 632,025 acres (2,557.71 km2)
22 Northamptonshire 630,358 acres (2,550.97 km2)
23 Durham 622,476 acres (2,519.07 km2)
24 Warwickshire 563,946 acres (2,282.21 km2)
25 Herefordshire 534,823 acres (2,164.35 km2)
26 Cambridgeshire 525,152 acres (2,125.21 km2)
27 Nottinghamshire 525,076 acres (2,124.91 km2)
28 Leicestershire 514,164 acres (2,080.75 km2)
29 Westmorland 485,432 acres (1,964.47 km2)
30 Surrey 478,492 acres (1,936.39 km2)
31 Oxfordshire 472,717 acres (1,913.02 km2)
32 Worcestershire 472,165 acres (1,910.78 km2)
33 Buckinghamshire 466,932 acres (1,889.61 km2)
34 Berkshire 451,210 acres (1,826.0 km2)
35 Hertfordshire 391,141 acres (1,582.89 km2)
36 Monmouthshire 368,399 acres (1,490.86 km2)
37 Bedfordshire 295,582 acres (1,196.18 km2)
38 Huntingdonshire 229,544 acres (928.93 km2)
39 Middlesex 180,136 acres (728.98 km2)
40 Rutland 95,805 acres (387.71 km2)

References

  1. ^ Results of 1871 Census cited in Encyclopædia Britannica (1890), vol. 8, p.220 - Ancient county data
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