shire town

English Thesaurus

1. the town or city that is the seat of government for a shire (noun.location)

hypernym	:	seat,
definition	:	a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised) (noun.location)

part meronym	:	shire,
definition	:	a former administrative district of England; equivalent to a county (noun.location)

domain region	:	britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland,
definition	:	a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom (noun.location)