County Town (Noun)
Meaning
The town or city that is the seat of government for a shire.
Classification
Nouns denoting spatial position.
Examples
- The county town of Somerset is Taunton, where the county council is based.
- In England, the county town is often the location of the county hall and other administrative buildings.
- Lancaster is the county town of Lancashire, a historic county in northwest England.
- Aylesbury has been the county town of Buckinghamshire since 1725.
- Truro is the county town of Cornwall, a ceremonial county in the southwest of England.