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Welcome to Wikishire
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Today is 20th June 2024 .
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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 -

Add it and Edit

To begin, you can peruse the list of counties of the UK or Republic of Ireland, or even go directly to a random page! To accompany the encyclopædia we also have an interactive map of the counties of the British Isles. We also have Resources for GIS including KML files and postcode lookup tools.

Today's featured image is:

The Lewis Rogers Houses in Penmynydd, Anglesey

Penmynydd

Penmynydd is a village on Anglesey situated on a slight hill between Menai Bridge and Llangefni. Its name, improbably for its situation, means 'Top of the mountain'.

The village is notable for its almshouses and historically as the seat of the Tudors of Penmynydd who founded the Tudor Dynasty, descendants of Tudur ap Goronwy of Pemynydd. (Read more)

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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.