What was The Shire based from ?
Apostolic Vicariate of Shire , a Roman Catholic territorial jurisdiction in what was then Nyasaland Protectorate , Africa East Stirlingshire F.C. , Scottish football club nicknamed " The Shire " Shire horse , a large breed of draft horse Battle of Shire , fought in 1936 as part of the Second Italo - Abyssinian War Shire Hall , Monmouth , Wales , a building Shire Hall , Newport , Wales , a building