SKS... tell me when did it come shire
ie: staffordshie,shropshire
Thank you
David
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shire
SeeA shire is an administrative area of Great Britain and Australia. The first shires were created by the Anglo-Saxons in what is now England and south eastern Scotland. Shires were controlled by a royal official known as a 'shire reeve' or sheriff. Historically shires were sub-divided into hundreds or wapentakes although other less common sub-divisons existed. In modern English usage shires are sub-divided into districts.
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