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Today is 6th June 2025 .

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 -

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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.

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Stonehaven

Stonehaven is a town on the coast of Kincardineshire, of which it is the county town. It stands 15 miles south of Aberdeen in a sheltered position on Stonehaven Bay.

Stonehaven grew around a fishing village inhabited at least since the Iron Age, an area now known as the "Auld Toon". The harbour, of two basins, was improved in the 1820s by Robert Stevenson and with its new harbour, Stonehaven became an important centre of the 19th century herring trade.

The town has grown rapidly since the oil boom in Aberdeen. The increasing demand for new, middle-class housing has seen four new estates being appended to the town, creating an expanse of suburbs. (Read more)

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