There are a number of institutions that can be figured out from the books. There is a post office, as letters were delivered. There is the Mathom House, a sort of museum where Bilbo sent his chain mail and sword for a while. There are green grocers as well as inns.
'Shire Reckoning' as it was called was adopted and the Shire usage of counting as Year 1 the year of the colonization of the Shire.
Shire of Cambooya was created in 1914.
Shire of Carpentaria was created in 1883.
A reve of the shire was the equivalent of today's Sheriff. A Reve was the appointed official, by the Lord of that SHIRE/County, who carried out the law of the Lord and in some cases, of the realm. Shire Reve = Sheriff.
The area of Shire of Maldon is 549 square kilometers.
The shire horse is named a shire horse because it originated in the shire counties of England.
He lived in a small shire in the countryside.
Matthew Shire's birth name is Matthew Orlando Shire.
'Shire' is a noun, it doesn't have a past tense.
The Shire is a draft breed.
'Shire Reckoning' as it was called was adopted and the Shire usage of counting as Year 1 the year of the colonization of the Shire.
Shire of Douglas was created in 1880.
Shire of Livingstone was created in 1879.
Shire of Albany ended in 1998.
Shire of Barcoo was created in 1887.
Shire of Tingalpa was created in 1879.
Shire of Blackall was created in 1879.