Four Shire Stone
Early-attested site in the Parish of Evenlode
Historical Forms
- The Shire Stones 1607 M
Etymology
Four Shire Stone, 1690 M, The Shire Stones 1607 M, so called because it marks the point at which the counties of Gloucester, Oxford, Warwick, and Worcester once met. In 969 (12th) BCS 1238 the bounds of Evenlode include four stones at this point (to þane stane , to þan oþeran stane , to þan þriddan stane , to þan feorðan stane ); cf. Wo 124.