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<span style="font-size:150%">'''Wikishire'''</span> is where you may find the best of Britain and Ireland. | <span style="font-size:150%">'''Wikishire'''</span> is where you may find the best of Britain and Ireland. | ||
Revision as of 17:06, 9 September 2010
Wikishire is where you may find the best of Britain and Ireland.
Wikishire is where you are; whether you are on the Shetland islands or the South Shetland Islands, or the places between, Wikishire is a growing guide on all you need to know about the British and Irish lands.
Tell the world what you love about your home. Each shire, from Kent to Kerry is here, with ever-growing detail; if your town or village is not in Wikishire, or if something important is missed out, then log on, then -
Today is 18th May 2024 .
Today's featured image is:
CoalbrookdaleCoalbrookdale is a village in the Ironbridge Gorge in Shropshire. The village was a foundation site of the Industrial Revolution, as this is where iron ore was first smelted by Abraham Darby I using locally mined "coking coal". The coal was drawn from drift mines in the sides of the valley. As it contained far fewer impurities than the coal hitherto familiar, the iron it produced was of a superior quality. Darby's work here was a major advance which allowed many of the developments of the Industrial Revolution. The village is strung along a stream, Coalbrook, down to its meeting with the River Severn in the Ironbridge Gorge. (Read more) |
What is a wiki?
A wiki is a collaborative website with certain standard functions allowing easy editing of pages by anyone. At Wikishire, you may log on and start work right away.
Few things stay still for long, and here you can keep updating or improving the articles. A wiki is a constant work in progress.
