Other buildings of interest include the former Shire Hall, now a tourist information centre, and the Regimental Barracks of the now defunct Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, now a regimental museum.

Although in modern British usage counties are referred to as " shires " mainly in poetic contexts, terms such as Shire Hall remain common.

Monmouth's links with Henry are commemorated in the naming of the main town square, Agincourt Square, and in the statue of Henry on the front of the Shire Hall.

The Shire Hall was built in 1724, and was used for the local Assizes, with the area beneath the building serving as the town market.

Statue of Charles Rolls, Monmouth | Statue of Charles Rolls at Shire Hall

In 1840, at Monmouth's Shire Hall, Chartist protesters John Frost, Zephaniah Williams and William Jones became the last men in Britain to be sentenced to be hanged, drawn and quartered after being found guilty of treason following riots in Newport that led to 20 deaths.

The constable would have been present in court at Shire Hall when many of these cases came before the Quarter Sessions or Assizes.

Shire Hall, Monmouth | Shire Hall in Agincourt Square, completed in 1724, as a court of assizes and quarter sessions, scene of the famous Chartism | Chartist trial in 1840.

The Shire Hall and surrounding area were used as a location for the 2008 Doctor Who Christmas special and in 2011 The Interactives graphic novel.

Tourist attractions within the town include the castle, the museum, and the Shire Hall where the Tourist Information Centre and visitor centre is located.

A QRpedia QR code outside Shire Hall, Monmouth | Shire Hall

Dramatisation of the trial of the Chartists at Shire Hall, Monmouth, including background information.

* Courts of Justice and Corn Market, Hertford, Hertfordshire, now Shire Hall ( 1768 )

The Shire Hall

The Shire Hall and Crown Court were complete by 1798.

Harrison had to divide his time between Lancaster and designing and building Chester Castle's Shire Hall and Courts ; work at Lancaster slowed, partly because of dwindling funds due to war with France, and Harrison was released from the work as the Justices of the Peace felt it was taking too long.

In 1802 the castle received more funding and Joseph Gandy was commissioned to complete the interiors of the Shire Hall and Crown Court.

The late 18th-early 19th-century Shire Hall next to the keep is a large ten-side room.

Harrison then went on to rebuild the medieval Shire Hall in neoclassical style.

Lancaster Castle as a whole is listed at Grade I, and at Chester Castle four of Harrison's buildings are listed separately at this Grade: the main block containing the Shire Hall, the Propylaea, and the two blocks flanking the forecourt.

Castle Hill is the administrative centre of the local government area of The Hills Shire and part of the suburb is located in the local government area of Hornsby Shire.

A $ 500 million plan to add 60, 000 square metres to the Castle Towers Shopping District is currently being tabled by The Hills Shire Council and, if approved, Castle Towers will become the largest shopping centre in New South Wales, with a total of 170, 000 square metres of active floorspace.

The Hills Shire Council chamber, the Hills Centre performing arts complex, and the Castle Hill Showground all situated next to the industrial area, however there are plans to move these facilities to Norwest Business Park, in Baulkham Hills in 2014.

Smaller residential areas are located at the east of the commercial area, as well as the suburb's north-east ( part of Hornsby Shire, separated by Old Northern Road and Castle Hill Road ).

The town is divided into three wards: Audley ( named after Audley End house ) represents the west area of Saffron Walden including the village of Audley End ; Castle takes its name from Saffron Walden Castle and represents the north area of Saffron Walden, the village of Little Walden and the large rural areas north of the Town ; Shire ( formerly Plantation ) represents the southern part of Saffron Walden.

Many of the landmarks of Newport are in Newport city centre or within a short walking distance of the centre ; the Railway station, Bus station, Castle, Westgate Hotel, Market, Museum and Central Library, Cathedral, Transporter Bridge, Newport Bridge, Newport City footbridge, George Street Bridge, City Bridge, University of Wales, Riverfront Arts Centre, Dolman Theatre, Newport Centre, Civic Centre, Newport Technical Institute ( former Art College ), Shire Hall, Belle Vue Park, Rodney Parade, Newport Crown Court and Royal Gwent Hospital.

* Castle Hill ( shared with The Hills Shire )

* New Norfolk Gaol and Shire House, Norwich, built as part of the Norwich Castle complex ( 1820 – 24 ) partly demolished

Gandalf says the value of this Mithril-coat was " greater than the value of the whole Shire and everything in it.

He was the second of three children ( his older brother was August Coppola and younger sister is actress Talia Shire ).

Though it is landlocked, Malawi also has of waterways on Lake Malawi and along the Shire River.

His book The Amazing Book of Mazes ( 2006 ) contains examples and photographs of numerous methods of maze construction, several of which have been pioneered by Fisher ; The Art of the Maze ( Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1990 ) contains a substantial history of the subject, whilst Mazes and Labyrinths ( Shire Publications, 2004 ) is a useful introduction to the subject.

Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River.

The Sheriff of Nottingham also had jurisdiction in Derbyshire that was known as the " Shire of the Deer ", and this is where the Royal Forest of the Peak is found, which roughly corresponds to today's Peak District National Park.

" Shire " is the most common word in Australia for rural Local Government Areas ( LGA ).

* Sutherland Shire ( which is commonly referred to as ' The Shire ' )

The plots share the same basic structure progressing in the same sequence: the stories begin at Bag End, the home of Bilbo Baggins ; Gandalf sends the protagonist into a quest eastward ; Elrond offers a haven and advice ; the adventurers escape dangerous creatures underground ( Goblin Town / Moria ); they engage another group of elves ( The Elf King's realm / Lothlórien ); they traverse a desolate region ( Desolation of Smaug / the Dead Marshes ); they fight in a massive battle ; a descendant of kings is restored to his ancestral throne ( Bard / Aragorn ); and the questing party returns home to find it in a deteriorated condition ( having possessions auctioned off / the scouring of the Shire ).

Included in the Yarra Valley is the sub-region of Upper Yarra ( or the Upper Yarra Valley ) which encompasses the towns of the former Shire of Upper Yarra in the catchment area upstream of and including Woori Yallock.

The Shire of Mornington Peninsula is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia.

The term is also used in Australia as a division of Shire Councils, similar to a Ward in City councils.

In Tolkien's fictional world of Middle-earth, the Shire is divided into four Farthings, into the Fourth Age.

It is hot and humid from September to April along the lake and in the lower Shire Valley, with average daytime maxima around.

The country is dominated by Lake Malawi, which drains into the Zambezi River through the Shire River.

They lived on the marshy Gladden Fields where the Gladden River met the Anduin ( there is a similarity here to the hobbits of Buckland and the Marish in the Shire.

Duranbah Beach is one of the world's best known surfing beaches and is often thought of as being part of Gold Coast City, but is actually just across the New South Wales state border in Tweed Shire.

He leaves the Shire that night, and is never seen in Hobbiton again.

After a series of goodbyes, the Hobbits finally return home, only to find the Shire in ruins, its inhabitants oppressed by Lotho Sackville-Baggins ( usually called " The Chief " or " The Boss ") who is in reality controlled by a shadowy figure called " Sharkey ".

Over time, the Shire is healed.

It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Shire of Campaspe.