A former county of Scotland, including Inverness, absorbed into Highland Region in 1975.

(historical) A local official in Mediaeval England appointed by the King to oversee a shire.

(historical) A 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.

plural of shire-reeve

A small historical county in central Scotland, joined with Perthshire for administration after 1929. Its county town is Kinross.

The administrative centre, or capital, of a shire

plural of knight of the shire

(UK, obsolete) A Member of Parliament for a county.

plural of shire town

A 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 (OS grid ref SP2332).