the shires

  • 1the Shires — Those English counties whose names end in shire, particularly Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Rutlandshire (later Rutland), and part of Lincolnshire, having strong associations with hunting • • • Main Entry: ↑shire …

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  • 2The Shires Shopping Centre — is located in Trowbridge, Wiltshire. History Excavations prior to the construction of the centre revealed evidence of Saxon occupation, including a church and graveyard dated to c. 850 AD, and remnants of the medieval castle.cite web | url = http …

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  • 3The Shires — shopping center in Leicester (England) …

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  • 4The Sporting Magazine — (1792 – 18??) was the first English sporting periodical to devote itself to every type of sport, thus providing the historian with a reasonably comprehensive source. [ [http://www.georgianindex.net/publications/newspapers/news sources.html… …

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  • 5shires — n [pl] a traditional name for the counties in the English Midlands which have names ending in shire (= an old word for county). Originally they were called this by people from southern counties which did not have shire in their names. In modern… …

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  • 6The Good Companions — Infobox Book | name = The Good Companions image caption = author = J. B. Priestley illustrator = cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English genre = Novel publisher = William Heinemann Ltd pub date = 1929 media type = Print… …

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  • 7Shires of Virginia — The eight Shires of Virginia were formed in 1634 in the Virginia Colony. These shires were based on a form of local government used in England at the time, and were redesignated as counties a few years later. As of 2007, five of the eight… …

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  • 8The Killing Time — is the colloquial name given by historian Robert Wodrow to a period of conflict in Scottish history between 1680 and 1688. The conflict was between the Presbyterian Covenanter movement, based largely in the south of the country and the government …

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  • 9The Original Tour — One of The Original Tour East Lancs Visionaires, on route T2, beside Waterloo Station …

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  • 10The Ballad of Bosworth Field —    The Ballad of Bosworth Field is one of the fullest poetic retellings of the 1485 Battle of BOSWORTH FIELD, and may possibly provide authentic details concerning the battle itself. The earliest surviving copy of the ballad dates to the… …

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