Shireoaks

Meaning

Proper Noun

village/and/civil parish in Bassetlaw (district) Nottinghamshire (county) England (constituent country) .

Origin

From the legend that there was an oak tree or trees situated at the meeting place of the three Shires - Derbyshire, Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire. The village and parish still border onto South Yorkshire, but Derbyshire now borders the south of the parish.

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