end of every county

[king 11,972]

i have thought about this before and asked a few people but no answer's yet

so can any one tell me why is the word SHIRE at the end of every county's name

i.e. staffordshire .etc etc

[Border Terrier 0]

The first shires were created by the Anglo-Saxons in what is now central and southern England. 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-divisions existed. In modern English usage shires are sub-divided into districts.

[marco 24]

i have thought about this before and asked a few people but no answer's yet

so can any one tell me why is the word SHIRE at the end of every county's name

i.e. staffordshire .etc etc

never give it much thought as i live in durham

[T.F.Student 0]

Details here.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shire usually pretty good...Shame they think terrierwork started in the 18th Century ole Pliny must be spinning cartwheels

[Crow 1]

can any one tell me why is the word SHIRE at the end of every county's name

i.e. staffordshire .etc etc

 

I don't know

 

Crow, living in Suffolk (shire?), just on the border of Norfolk (shire?), not far from Essex (shire?) which borders Kent (shire?) which in turn borders Surrey (shire?), which borders Sussex (shire?), etc.

 

However, I'm glad not to be living down Dorest (shire?), Somerset (shire?) or Cornwall (shire?).

 

Oh, I've just noticed it's only the midlanders and northerners that need to have 'shire' in most of their counties names - maybe it makes it easier for them to learn/spell

[cumbrianrabbiter 0]

Oh, I've just noticed it's only the midlanders and northerners that need to have 'shire' in most of their counties names - maybe it makes it easier for them to learn/spell

 

i dont know mate i live in cumbria in the north west no shire on the end

[Border Terrier 0]

when i was younger i thought co durham was in ireland cos of the co in the front of the name

[Crow 1]

Isn't it?

 

My mate thinks Watford Gap is in Essex sorry Essexshire :whistle:

[staffy-1 0]

i think shire means the parts of England regarded as strongholds of traditional rural culture. I was doing about it in history today at school, but as usual i was in a daydream catching only half a sentence ~

staffy-1

[dobby 1]

shires are were the best doggin lads come from

 

 

dobby

[Paid 935]

and hobbits.

[marco 24]

when i was younger i thought co durham was in ireland cos of the co in the front of the name

thats nowt mate i thought skegness was in scotland

[king 11,972]

cheer's border terrier for the info

CROW thank's for the few line's of bullshit you wrote aswell

[rusty 0]

just been talking of such things at work a shire is a country area,a riding is a third(as in yorkshire west east and north riding dont know how it got a south riding) essex sussex middlesex etc are from saxon clans, and a thwaite is from forest clearings.

[chillitt 0]

north riding?