The county of Lewis Carroll's birth was Cheshire, an 8-letter word. Cheshire is a county in the northwest of England, bordered by Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Shropshire. It is known for its rolling hills, rural villages, and picturesque towns. Lewis Carroll, the author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, was born in the town of Daresbury in Cheshire in 1832.