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- | width="40%" align="right"|{{Today is}} <span style="font-size:150%">'''Wikishire'''</span> is where you may find the best of [[Great Britain|Britain]] and [[Ireland]].3 KB (421 words) - 11:59, 10 December 2021
- '''Alnwick''' (pronounced {{IPA|ænɪk}}) is a small market town in northern [[Northumberland]] of some 8,000 people, 32 The town is mainly known as the location of Alnwick Castle, seat of the Dukes of Northu9 KB (1,475 words) - 14:24, 18 July 2014
- ...[[River Bann]] to the west, and the [[River Lagan]] in the south. Antrim is the most populous county in Northern Ireland. ...lated rugged landscapes, while the [[Giant's Causeway]] on the north coast is a unique landscape and a UNESCO World Heritage site. Nearby [[Portrush]] h18 KB (2,744 words) - 11:02, 7 June 2023
- '''Somerton''' is a small town in [[Somerset]], indeed it is held by many to have given its name to the county of Somerset. Somerton wa ...market since the Middle Ages, and the main square with its market cross is today an attractive location for visitors. It sits on the [[River Cary]], approxi14 KB (2,176 words) - 09:47, 19 September 2019
- The '''County of Buckingham''' is a [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] in southern England. A distincti ...hamshire's short southern boundary is the River Thames, which above Slough is considered the finest stretch of that river. In the north of the county, al11 KB (1,568 words) - 11:30, 9 June 2023
- The '''County of Brecknock''' or '''Brecon''' is a [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] in the mountains of Mid-Wales. Brecknockshire is an inland county bounded to the north by [[Radnorshire]], to the east by [[9 KB (1,354 words) - 11:47, 8 December 2019
- '''Scarborough''' is a large town in the [[North Riding of Yorkshire]], a seaside holiday resort ...o limestone cliffs. The older part of the town lies around the harbour and is protected by the rocky headland.21 KB (3,356 words) - 12:12, 4 November 2019
- The '''County of Caithness''' is the land beyond the [[Highlands]]. It is a triangular [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] at the north-eastern ...]] lie the islands of [[Orkney]]. The Pentland Firth island of [[Stroma]] is within Caithness too.13 KB (2,053 words) - 18:13, 8 February 2016
- The '''County of Cornwall''' is a [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] forming the tip of the south-wes ...to the sea again. Cornwall's only neighbouring county, across the Tamar, is [[Devon]]. There are two detached parts of Devon in Cornwall, both on the [37 KB (5,790 words) - 16:06, 1 November 2022
- The '''County of Cumberland''' is a claw-shaped [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] commanding the mount ...ying the scenery in a more sedentary way. The highest mountain in England is [[Scafell]] in Cumberland, Scafell Pike standing at 3,208 feet above sea le16 KB (2,422 words) - 13:18, 19 February 2019
- ...ttp://huthwaite-online.net/hucknall/ Huthwaite Online: Hucknall]</ref> It is a former mining village and weaving village, but the mines closed in the 19 Outside Huthwaite is the [[county top]] of Nottinghamshire. The exact spot has been disputed lo6 KB (885 words) - 14:13, 7 March 2012
- ...'' is a [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] in northern [[Wales]]. It is a maritime county, bounded to the north by the [[Irish Sea]], to the east b ...entury seaside resorts, such as [[Colwyn Bay]], and these continue as such today.6 KB (828 words) - 08:09, 23 September 2022
- ...reaching northward into the [[Pennines]]. The southern part of the county is in the plain of the [[River Trent]] and its northern and western parts in t ...National Park lies within Derbyshire. The [[Pennine Way]]'s southern end is at [[Edale]] in Derbyshire.15 KB (2,269 words) - 13:44, 16 July 2019
- ...and [[River Wyre|Wyre]] estuaries, washed by the [[Irish Sea]]. Blackpool is the heart of the long pleasure coast of Lancashire, and of a conurbation fo Blackpool today has an estimated population of 140,000, making it one of Lancashire’s lar29 KB (4,432 words) - 20:31, 13 December 2016
- The '''County of Dumbarton''' or '''Dunbarton''' is a [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] on the north bank of the [[River ...lies between the north bank of the [[River Clyde]] and [[Loch Lomond]] and is bounded to the north by [[Perthshire]], to the east by [[Stirlingshire]] an13 KB (2,034 words) - 13:55, 16 January 2018
- ...m|shire]] on the north shore of the [[Solway Firth]]. Its [[county town]] is [[Dumfries]]. In contrast, inland the shire begins to rise into hills and the north is a land of noble fells. The principal mountains are all in the northern con12 KB (1,860 words) - 20:16, 24 July 2018
- ...is the only English county whose common name is prefixed with "County", as is more familiar in [[Ireland]], rather than being suffixed with "shire". The county is named after its [[county town]], the City of [[Durham]], which lies in the24 KB (3,699 words) - 15:59, 14 August 2020
- ...ion and the lonely marshes of the [[North Sea]] coast. The [[county town]] is [[Chelmsford]]. ...xons, and these East Saxons (''Eastseaxe'') give us the name of the county today.25 KB (3,857 words) - 15:59, 1 March 2022
- ...the [[Firth of Forth]], between the Firth and the [[River Tay|Tay]]. Fife is a modest sized shire but claims for itself the title "The Kingdom of Fife", ...and dockyard at [[Rosyth]]. Further up the coast in the waist of the shire is the county's largest town [[Kirkcaldy]], an ancient trading port and the ho11 KB (1,673 words) - 14:20, 6 May 2022
- The '''County of Gloucester''' is a [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] in the south-west of [[Great Bri ...wn]] is the City of [[Gloucester]] astride the Severn but the largest town is the City of [[Bristol]] to the south. Across Gloucestershire are many fine16 KB (2,394 words) - 10:01, 3 November 2016
