Devon(shire)

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• Devon County Council — Type Type Unicameral of county council …   Wikipedia

• Devon (UK Parliament constituency) — Devon Former County constituency for the House of Commons County Devon 1290 (1290)–1832 …   Wikipedia

• Shire — (schihr), engl., Grafschaft, wird dem Eigennamen angehängt z.B. York , Devon , Somerset S. etc., s. Bd. III. S. 162 …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

• Devon — For other uses, see Devon (disambiguation). Devon Flag Motto of County Council: Auxilio divino (Latin: By divine aid) …   Wikipedia

• Shire — A shire is an administrative division of Great Britain and Australia. The first shires were created by the Anglo Saxons in what is now central and southern England. Shires were controlled by a royal official known as a shire reeve or sheriff.… …   Wikipedia

• Devon — /dev euhn/, n. 1. Devonshire. 2. one of an English breed of red cattle, bred for beef and milk. 3. one of an English breed of sheep, bred for its long, coarse wool. * * * Administrative (pop., 2001: 704,499), geographic, and historic county,… …   Universalium

• Devon County Council elections — Local elections in Devon are held every four years in order to vote for councillors on Devon County Council. Politically Devon is a shire county, thus the unitary authority areas of Plymouth and Torbay are not affected by the governance of Devon… …   Wikipedia

• shire — n. Brit. 1 a county. 2 (the Shires) a a group of English counties with names ending or formerly ending in shire, extending NE from Hampshire and Devon. b the midland counties of England. c the fox hunting district of mainly Leicestershire and… …   Useful english dictionary

• Meldon, Devon — Coordinates: 50°42′N 4°03′W / 50.7°N 4.05°W / 50.7; 4.05 …   Wikipedia

• Merrivale, Devon — Coordinates: 50°33′30″N 4°03′03″W / 50.5583°N 4.0509°W / 50.5583; 4.0509 …   Wikipedia

• Colebrooke, Devon — Coordinates: 50°47′11″N 3°44′47″W / 50.78648°N 3.74627°W / 50.78648; 3.74627 …   Wikipedia