Rutland, the smallest county of England, bounded by Lincoln, Northampton, and Leicester; has a pleasant undulating surface, with valleys in the E., and extensive woods; is watered by the Welland; is largely pastoral, and raises fine sheep; dairy produce (especially cheese) and wheat are noted; Oakham is the capital.
Population (circa 1900) given as 21,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Ruthwell Cross * Ruysdael, Jacob