Phrase Hound found 13 phrases and 106 compound words that contain shire. The most common are listed below. Open shire in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 13
- shire townThe administrative centre, or capital, of a shire.
- Ross-shireA former county in the Scottish Highlands, including most of Ross as well as Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. Dingwall is the traditional county town. Merged with Cromartyshire in 1890 as Ross and Cromarty.
- Shire OakA suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SK0504).
- Inverness-shireA former county of Scotland, including Inverness, absorbed into Highland Region in 1975.
- Kinross-shireA small historical county in central Scotland, joined with Perthshire for administration after 1929. Its county town is Kinross.
- shire horseA draught horse of a tall British breed, usually bay, black, or grey.
- shire townsplural of shire town: The administrative centre, or capital, of a shire.
- shire-reevesplural of shire-reeve: A local official in Mediaeval England appointed by the King to oversee a shire.
- shire-reeveA local official in Mediaeval England appointed by the King to oversee a shire.
- Four Shire StoneA stone monument at the point where four English counties once met; namely Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, and (until 1931) a detached part of Worcestershire, which is now in Gloucestershire. Five civil parishes (at one time …
- shire horsesplural of shire horse: A draught horse of a tall British breed, usually bay, black, or grey.
- knight of the shireA Member of Parliament for a county.
- knights of the shireplural of knight of the shire: A Member of Parliament for a county.
Compound words 106
- sheriff(High Sheriff) An official of a shire or county office, responsible for carrying out court orders, law enforcement and other duties.
- ShirleyAn English habitational surname
- YorkshireEngland's largest county. Situated in the northeast of England; divided into three ridings, (North, West and East, and The City Of York). Since 1974 for administration purposes local government has used different divisions.
- LincolnshireA county of eastern England bordered by South Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Rutland and the North Sea.
- DerbyshireA midland county of England bounded by South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire.
- StaffordshireA ceremonial county of West Midlands, England, bordered by Shropshire, Cheshire, Derbyshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands and Worcestershire.
- OxfordshireA midland county of England bordered by Buckinghamshire, Gloucestershire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Warwickshire and Northamptonshire.
- BedfordshireA midland county of England, county town Bedford, bounded by Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire.
- GloucestershireA south western county of England bordered by the Severn estuary, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, Somerset, Bristol and the Welsh county of Monmouthshire.
- WarwickshireAn inland county of England bordered by Staffordshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, West Midlands and Worcestershire.