Four Shire Stone

English

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -əʊn

Proper noun

The Four Shire Stone

  1. A stone monument at the point where four English counties once met; namely Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, and (until 1931) a detached part of Worcestershire, which is now in Gloucestershire. Five civil parishes (at one time seven) meet at the stone: Chastleton, Evenlode, Great Wolford, Little Compton and Moreton-in-Marsh (OS grid ref SP2332).
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