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In England, a shire is the district about a major town which is the responsibility of a sheriff to police. So you have the city of Nottingham and the district (that includes the town) is called Nottinghamshire. The sheriff that is responsible for Law and Order in Nottinghamshire is the Sheriff of Nottingham. The much abused sheriff of Nottingham was the antagonist of Robin Hood. In like means we have Birminghamshire, Yorkshire, Devonshire, etc. A shire showed division and ownership of land. The first shires were created by the Anglo-Saxons in England. Shires were controlled by a royal official known as a "shire reeve" or sheriff. Historically shires were sub-divided into hundreds or sub-divisions. In modern England shires are sub-divided into districts.
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