The Shire
The Shire is a house in Williamsburg, Virginia. The Shire is situated nearby to the hotel Williamsburg Sampler B & B, as well as near the swimming pool McCardle Pool.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Muscarelle Museum of Art and Lake Matoaka Amphitheatre.
Muscarelle Museum of Art
Museum
Photo: Jrcla2, Public domain.
The Muscarelle Museum of Art is a university museum affiliated with the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. While the Museum only dates to 1983, the university art collection has been in existence since its first gift – a portrait of the physicist Robert Boyle – in 1732. Muscarelle Museum of Art is situated 2,500 feet north of The Shire.
Lake Matoaka Amphitheatre
Theater building
Photo: Kevin Bowman, CC BY 2.0.
Lake Matoaka Amphitheatre is a theater building, which is situated 2,500 feet northwest of The Shire.
Earl Gregg Swem Library
Library
The Earl Gregg Swem Library is located on Landrum Drive at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. The library is named for Earl Gregg Swem, College Librarian from 1920-1944. Earl Gregg Swem Library is situated 3,200 feet north of The Shire.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ewell and Jamestown.
Ewell
Hamlet
Ewell was an unincorporated town in James City County west of Williamsburg, in the U.S. state of Virginia. Ewell was named for Benjamin Stoddert Ewell, who was a U.S. and Confederate army officer, and civil engineer. Ewell is situated 5 miles north of The Shire.
Jamestown
Locality
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The Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was located on the northeast bank of the James River, about 2.5 mi southwest of present-day Williamsburg. Jamestown is situated 5 miles southwest of The Shire.
Grove
Hamlet
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Grove is an unincorporated community in the southeastern portion of James City County in the Virginia Peninsula subregion of Virginia, United States. It is located in the center of the Historic Triangle of Colonial Virginia, communities linked by the Colonial Parkway. Grove is situated 5 miles southeast of The Shire.
The Shire
- Type: House
- Categories: building and residential building
- Location: Williamsburg, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.26105° or 37° 15′ 40″ northLongitude
-76.71643° or 76° 42′ 59″ westOpen location code
8795776M+CCOpenStreetMap ID
node 3654956978OpenStreetMap feature
building=house
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