Leicestershire
A landlocked county in the Midlands, Leicestershire takes its name from the City of Leicester; bordering Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Rutland Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, Staffordshire, and Derbyshire. The population has reached a whopping 1 million with over half of the total populace living in the city itself. The fox is the symbol of the county council, Leicestershire County Cricket Club and Leicester City FC. Leicestershire is considered to be the birthplace of fox hunting, Hugo Meynell lived in Quorn, is known as the father of the bloodsport; Melton Mowbray, Market Harborough and Rutland have associations with fox hunting.
