shires
Rural British districts
Shires are counties in England, particularly those whose names end in -shire: Yorkshire, Lancashire, Oxfordshire.
The word evokes rural England—rolling countryside, market towns, traditional ways of life.
In Tolkien's Middle-earth, the Shire is the pastoral homeland of hobbits, drawing on this association.
Shire horses are a large English draft breed.
Historic English county
- LancashireNorthwestern English county
- WarwickshireEnglish Midlands county
- SomersetEnglish southwestern county
- GloucestershireSouthwest English county
Leicestershire · Nottinghamshire · Derbyshire · Staffordshire · Cambridgeshire · Lincolnshire · Hampshire · Herefordshire
Municipal administrative districts
- districtsDefined administrative regions
- parishesEcclesiastical administrative zones
- regionsDefined geographical areas
- territoriesAreas under jurisdiction
provinces · cantons · prefectures · departments · localities · jurisdictions · wards · boundaries
Of countryside or clergy care
- meadowsGrassland for grazing
- hedgerowsRows of dense shrubs
- farmlandAgricultural terrain
- rolling hillsGently rising, falling landscape
thatched cottages · orchards · harvest · bucolic · arable · grazing · barns · stables
Fictional halfling settlement
- Bag EndHobbit's hillside burrow
- BrandywineStream through two states
- hobbitsSmall, peaceful fantasy folk
- BilboSlim dueling sword
Frodo · Sam · Merry · Pippin · Gandalf · Longbottom · Farthing
Deliberative governing bodies
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- sheriffCounty's chief officer
magistrates · charter · constituency · elections · aldermen · local government · county seats · assizes
Yorkshire
Historic English county
- LancashireNorthwestern English county
- WarwickshireEnglish Midlands county
- SomersetEnglish southwestern county
Gloucestershire · Leicestershire · Nottinghamshire · Derbyshire · Staffordshire · Cambridgeshire · Lincolnshire · Hampshire · Herefordshire · Wiltshire
boroughs
Municipal administrative districts
- districtsDefined administrative regions
- parishesEcclesiastical administrative zones
- regionsDefined geographical areas
territories · provinces · cantons · prefectures · departments · localities · jurisdictions · wards · boundaries · subdivisions
pastoral
Of countryside or clergy care
rolling hills · thatched cottages · orchards · harvest · bucolic · arable · grazing · barns · stables · country life
Hobbiton
Fictional halfling settlement
- Bag EndHobbit's hillside burrow
- BrandywineStream through two states
- hobbitsSmall, peaceful fantasy folk
Bilbo · Frodo · Sam · Merry · Pippin · Gandalf · Longbottom · Farthing
councils
Deliberative governing bodies
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
sheriff · magistrates · charter · constituency · elections · aldermen · local government · county seats · assizes · constabulary
- regionsregion, regions, area, areas, zone
- Australian Geographystates, territories, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland
- British PlacesBuckingham Palace, England, Tower of London, London, Big Ben
- Anglo-SaxonsBeowulf, Mercia, Wessex, Northumbria, East Anglia
- English historyNorman Conquest, Domesday Book, Magna Carta, King Alfred, Henry VIII
- local governancevillage council, mayors, local government, local councils, town meeting
shiresboroughs
Municipal administrative districts
metropolitan areas · city councils · municipalities · city districts · metropolises
shirescities
Major populated areas
metropolises · urban centers · conurbations · megalopolises · inner cities
- the ShireHalflings' rural homeland