The twelve midland counties of England are, Notting hamshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Leicestershire, Rutlandshire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, Wor cestershire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Buckingham shire, and Bedfordshire.
Nottinghamshire is bounded, on the north, by Vol ',shire and Lincolnshire ; on the east, by Lincoln shire; on the west, by Derbyshire; and on the south, by Leicestershire. It contains one county town, six hundreds, nine market towns, and 168 parishes: the principal towns in this county are Nottingham, New ark, and Mansfield. Derbyshire is bounded, on the north, by a small part of Cheshire and Yorkshire ; on the cast, by Nottinghamshire; on the south, by Lei cestershire, a point of Warwickshire, and Stafford shire; and on the west, by Cheshire and Staffordshire. It contains one county town, six hundreds, 1l market towns, and 106 parishes. Its principal towns are Derby, Chesterfield, Buxton, and Matlock. The county of Stafford is bounded on the west by Cheshire and Shrop shire ; on the east, by Derbyshire and Warwickshire ; on the south, by Worcestershire ; and on the north, by Cheshire and Derbyshire. It contains one city, one county town, five hundreds, 19 market towns, and 150 parishes. The principal towns in Staffordshire are Lich field, Stafford, Newcastle under Line, and Burton upon Trent. Leicestershire is bounded on the west by Derby shire and Warwickshire ; on the east, by Rutlandshire and Lincolnshire; on the north, by Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire ; and on the south, by Northamptonshire. It contains one county town, six hundreds, eleven market towns, and 192 parishes. Its principal towns are Leices ter, Loughborough, Hinkley, and Lutterworth. Rut landshire is bounded by Lincolnshire on the north and north-cast; by Northamptonshire on the south and south east, and by Leicestershire on the west. It contains one county town, five hundreds, two market towns, and 53 parishes. The principal towns in this county are Rut land, Oakham, and Uppingham. Northamptonshire is bounded on the north and north-west by Rutlandshire, Lincolnshire, and Leicestershire; on the west, by War wickshire; on the south, by Oxfordshire and Bucking hamshire; on the east, by Bedfordshire and Huntingdon shire, and,a small point of Cambridgeshire. It con tains one city, one county town, twenty hundreds, twelve market towns and 302 parishes. The principal
-towns in Northamptonshire, are Northampton, Peter borough, Wellingborough, Kettering, and daventry. Warwickshire is bounded on the south by Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire ; on the west, by Worcestershire ; on the north-west, by Staffordshire ; on the north, by Derbyshire; on the north-east, by Leicestershire ; and on the cast, by Northamptonshire. It contains one city, one county town, five hundreds, fourteen market towns, and 158 parishes. Its principal towns are War wick, Coventry, Birmingham, and Stratford on Avon. Worcestershire is bounded on the north by Salop and Staffordshire ; on the west, by Herefordshire ; on the south, by Gloucestershire; and on the east, by War wickshi•e. It contains one city, five hundreds, eleven market towns, and 152 parishes. The principal towns in this county are Worcester, Kidderminster, Stour bridge, and Dudley. Gloucestershire is bounded on the south by Wiltshire, and part of Somersetshire; on the north, by Worcestershire; on the west, by Mon mouthshire and Herefordshire; and on the east, by \Varwickshire and Oxfordshire. It contains two cities, one county town, 28 hundreds, 26 market towns, and 280 parishes. Its principal towns are Gloucester, Bris tol (in part), Cirencester, and Tewksbury. Oxford shire is bounded on the north by Northamptonshire and Warwickshire; on the west, by Gloucestershire ; on the south, by Berkshire ; and on the east, by Buck inghamshire. It contains one city, 14 hundreds, 12 market towns, and 280 parishes. The principal towns in this county are Oxford, Witney, Woodstock, and Banbury. Buckingliams,;ire is bounded on the north by Northamptonshire ; by Berkshire, and a point of Surrey, on the south ; by Middlesex, Hertfordshire, and Bedfordshire, on the cast ; and by Oxfordshire on the west. It contains one county town, eight hun dreds, 16 market towns, and 185 parishes. Its prin cipal towns are I3uckingliarn, Aylesbury, and Eton. Bedfordshire, the last of the midland counties, is bound ed on the north by Huntingdonshire and Northamp tonshire; on the west, by Btickinghamshire ; on the south, by the same county and Hertfordshire ; and on the east, by Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire. It contains one county town, nine hundreds, ten market towns, and 124 parishes. The principal towns in this county are Bedford, Dunstable, and Ampthill.