Tavistock. A town in two counties.

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See it's a "Devonshire sun" now - agree with him about Mendez-Laing though based on the very limited highlights I've seen.

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/f...citys-13346110

Devonshire is a bit of an odd term in itself.
Most of the shires are named after the major town in the county. I.e. Gloucester, Warwick, York, Lancaster etc

But there is no town called Devon, that was named after the Celtic tribe that live in this area.

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Devonshire is a bit of an odd term in itself.
Most of the shires are named after the major town in the county. I.e. Gloucester, Warwick, York, Lancaster etc

But there is no town called Devon, that was named after the Celtic tribe that live in this area.

remind me, I need to go see Shrop sometime. I just need to know where it is

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remind me, I need to go see Shrop sometime. I just need to know where it is

That would be Shrewsbury. The name of the town and county seem to have diverged over time.

I think at one time it was called Salop or something like that.

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Devonshire is a bit of an odd term in itself.
Most of the shires are named after the major town in the county. I.e. Gloucester, Warwick, York, Lancaster etc

But there is no town called Devon, that was named after the Celtic tribe that live in this area.

Glamorganshire??????

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Glamorganshire??????

Similar to Devonshire I suppose, doesn't really fit with the general form of it. Glamorgan being named after a medieval Welsh kingdom of morgannwg. Then at some point it has had shire tacked on the end to make it sound more English.

I don't think I've ever said " I'm just heading back to glamorganshire' or anything like that