Sentence examples for shire town from inspiring English sources

But Woodstock, the county seat (known as a "shire town" in Vermont), is a tourist destination and has attracted more left-leaning new Vermonters.

You know the kind of thing: Serrailler is the detective chief inspector of Lafferton, a shire town famous for its cathedral, its walking country and, since his arrival, for its serial murderers.

Plymouth County, located along the western shores of Cape Cod Bay Plymouthuthe the shire town of the county and capital of the colony.

Three counties were formed, composed of the following towns: Barnstable County on Cape Cod: : Barnstable, the shire town (county seat) of the county, first settled in 1639 and incorporated 1650.

Bristol County along the shores of Buzzards Bay and Narragansett Bay, part of this county would later be ceded to Rhode Island: : Taunton, the shire town of the county, incorporated 1639.

Most of the resistance activity had until then taken place on the west side of the Green Mountains; on March 13, a small riot in the shire town of Westminster, on the east side of the mountains, resulted in the death of two men.

These seats are concentrated in the suburbs and shire towns of England.

Medhanye Alem, an Ethiopian counselor and focal person for child protection issues in the Mai Aini refugee camp, south of Shire, a town in northern Ethiopia, told VICE News that challenges for Eritrean minors include not getting enough food or other basics like soap.

Gatton, town and shire, southern Queensland, Australia.

A third tier, that of local government, functions through some 140 elected city, town, and shire (county) councils.

The most publicized — and surprising — response came from the mayor of Pyrenees Shire, a small Australian town.