Put for: The inhabitants of the shire.

The body of people who attend a particular church; the inhabitants of a parish (sense 2a).

A region or part of a country, town, etc.; an area, a district, a neighbourhood. Formerly also: †the inhabitants of a region (obsolete). Now regional.

The whole body of people of a country, state, etc.; the community; (occasionally) the state. Cf. commonwealth, n. 1a. Obsolete.

A body of people who live in the same place, usually sharing a common cultural or ethnic identity. Hence: a place where a particular body of people…

The inhabitants of a particular manor, parish, or division of a hundred (hundred, n. adj.5a), as a community or corporate body. Now historical.

transferred. The people living in a certain district or neighbourhood.

With the. The people of a county collectively; spec. the people of a county considered as a body of electors or ratepayers; the county authorities…

The inhabitants of a rural area, or of rural areas in general.

The lands astricted to a mill; = thirl, n.2 1c; also, the population of such lands.