A county in the East Midlands of England, known for its agricultural heritage and containing the city of Leicester.
From Old English Ligeraceaster meaning 'Roman fort of the Ligore people,' with 'shire' meaning county. The name evolved through various spellings before settling into its current form in medieval times.
Leicestershire is famous for producing Stilton cheese, though ironically the village of Stilton (where the cheese was first sold) is actually in neighboring Cambridgeshire - geographic naming rights can be wonderfully arbitrary!
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