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High Sheriff

ceremonial officer of a county in England, Wales or Northern Ireland; or the chief sheriff in some U.S. states
Intangible position Q1888937
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High Sheriff

Summary

High Sheriff is a position[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of position entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,151 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • High Sheriff is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • High Sheriff's instance of is recorded as position[4].
  • High Sheriff is a type of Q140071462[5].
  • High Sheriff's topic's main category is recorded as Category:High shrievalties[6].
  • High Sheriff's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'alta xèrifa'}[7].

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Definition and Type

High Sheriff's instance of is recorded as position[4]. It is a type of Q140071462[5].

Why It Matters

High Sheriff ranks in the top 9% of position entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,151 views/month).[2] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ckb', 'en', 'fr', 'it', 'nl']
    Gnd id → 1316674193
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56499|batch #56499]]: Import GND IDs via DNB dump"
  2. 14w ago · Davidpar · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Female form of label → {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'alta xèrifa'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P2521]]: alta xèrifa"
  3. 17w ago · Jheald · 2026-06-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → Q140071462
    Topic's main category → Category:High shrievalties
    Instance of → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q140071462]]"
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