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four shire stone

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.45 in modern English

Syllables
four shire -s-tone
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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).

Inflected Forms

The Four Shire Stone (canonical)

Rhymes With

one own known phone alone none shown stone zone loan grown green zone

Questions

What does four shire stone mean?
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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