Leicester

Leicester, county town of Leicestershire, on the Soar, 40 m. E. of Birmingham; is an ancient town, with several historic buildings; has grown rapidly of late owing to its hosiery, boot and shoe, and iron-founding industries; it sends two members to Parliament.

Population (circa 1900) given as 209,000.

Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)