Shire Town (Noun)
Meaning
The town or city that is the seat of government for a shire.
Classification
Nouns denoting spatial position.
Examples
- The county council was always based in the shire town of Oxford.
- Aylesbury is the shire town of Buckinghamshire in England.
- Many of the town's historic buildings were a legacy from when it had been the shire town.
- Chichester was an important centre for the area and had been the shire town.
- The population of the shire town had halved in the past two decades.