| 释义 |
ˈIslandshire Hist.
Short for Holy Island-shire, name of that division of the county palatine of Durham to which Holy Island belonged. Along with Norham-shire, it formed a detached portion of the county lying north of Northumberland.
c1100Charter in Murray Dial. S.C. Scot. 22 note, R[anulf] bisceop greteð wel alle his þeines & drenges of Ealondscire & of Norhamscire. 1705Lond. Gaz. No. 4089/4 Islandshire in the County of Durham. 1707Ibid. No. 4307/3 Tenements,..situate in Beale in Islandshire in the County of Durham. |