Shaftesbury

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Shaftesbury

/ˈʃæftsbɹɪ/ UK

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From Old English Sċeaftesburg.

proper noun

A town and civil parish with a town council in north Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST8623).
A community and ward in Newport, Wales.
An English earldom.

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@misc{shaftesbury_2026,
  title = {Shaftesbury},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shaftesbury},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}