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Wikishire is where you may find the best of Britain and Ireland.

Wikishire is where you are; whether you are on the Shetland islands or the South Shetland Islands, or the places between, Wikishire is a growing guide on all you need to know about the British and Irish lands.

Tell the world what you love about your home. Each shire, from Kent to Kerry is here, with ever-growing detail; if your town or village is not in Wikishire, or if something important is missed out, then log on, then -

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To begin, you can peruse the list of counties of the UK or Republic of Ireland, or even go directly to a random page! To accompany the encyclopædia we also have an interactive map of the counties of the British Isles. We also have Resources for GIS including KML files and postcode lookup tools.

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Tamworth Castle Gardens, Staffordshire

Tamworth

Tamworth is a large market town on the border of Staffordshire with Warwickshire. The town centre, castle and church are in Staffordshire though the majority of the expanded townscape lies in Warwickshire, and the town is generally considered as belonging to the former. The border follows the old course of the River Tame through the castle grounds.

This is a town of great history; Tamworth was once a capital of Mercia, and the hill on which its bold castle stands above the town centre has been a fortress at least since those days. The statue of Queen Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians beneath its ramparts recalls her liberation of the town from the Danes and its place as her capital thereafter. Tamworth takes its name from the River Tame, which flows through it, as does the River Anker. Its main sites are Tamworth Castle and the Moat House. (Read more)

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