English Explanatory Dictionary

Shireoaks

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5581).

Word forms

Shireoaks

Etymology

From the legend that there was an oak tree or trees situated at the meeting place of the three Shires - Derbyshire, Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire. The village and parish still border onto South Yorkshire, but Derbyshire now borders the south of the parish.

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