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231:- Not sure that Ghits prove anything much - 3 good ones would likely settle the matter. However, this article has little going for it, especially since it's attempting to make something of the informal designation -- basically it's just a DicDef, the word was loosely used in such a way, once upon a time. On the other hand, if there is a merge target (
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Banburyshire Tourism Association. Source 2 is published by Sutton and is not tourism but is instead local history. Source 3 is more local history. Source 4 is not at all clear because it was published in 1900 and its exact contents are not
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Knowledge (XXG) is an encyclopedia and so covers all types of topic, not just local government. Note that the existence of Banburyshire as a concept seems reasonably well-recognised in more academic works such as
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