The Shires England | Simple & Essential

From the limestone escarpments of the to the wild moors of the North York Moors , each shire has its own dialect, its own cheese, its own way of doing things. In Shropshire , they’ll point you to the Long Mynd. In Norfolk , the sky goes on forever. In Leicestershire , the pork pies are a religion.

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There is a version of England that exists beyond the M25. You find it when the dual carriageway narrows to a single lane, lined with cow parsley and hawthorn. This is the land of the Shires. From the limestone escarpments of the to the

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The word "shire" comes from the Old English scir , meaning a care or charge. And indeed, these counties feel cared for —not in a museum way, but in a lived-in, weathered way. In Leicestershire , the pork pies are a religion