0 a county, now used in combination in the names of many British counties: --
Oxfordshire
Their constituencies are those of the seaside boarding house towns, the snob suburbs and the hunting shires.
We have been the champion of not just the local authorities but the shires.
He said that local people identify not with the new county imposed in 1974, but with the historic shires.
In some cases, the new unitary authorities contain towns and historic shires that retain a strong sense of identity.
In the shires, we are doing excellent work and performing a great many operations at even lower cost.
The pattern of local government expenditure in the shires is fairly consistent.
The poll tax will transfer much-needed inner cities' cash to the county shires.
I am not greatly familiar with the hierarchy of the shires.
