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Caption For Burford, The Gardens, The Lake And The Café C1965

Burford sits right on the county boundary with Herefordshire - the boundary is defined by the River Teme at this point.

Caption For Bilsborrow, The Roebuck Hotel C1960

Parish boundaries cross and re-cross with those of Myerscough and Barton - one boundary cuts through the bowling green of the Roebuck Inn, as it was known in earlier days.

Caption For Overstone, The Swimming Pool C1955

Along the Sywell Road, from the 1950s on, closes of expensive houses were built within the park boundary, retaining many of the specimen trees.

Caption For Welford On Avon, The Bridge And River Avon C1960

The parish boundary runs along the river, and was formerly the county boundary too, for Welford was in Gloucestershire until 1931.

Caption For Sutton, St Barnabas Church 1904

It served the Sutton New Town development to the east of Manor Park up to the Carshalton parish boundary.

Caption For Cawsand, And Kingsands 1904

At one time the county boundary, now defined by the River Tamar two miles to the north, ran between the two villages, and the old boundary stone can still be seen beside the road.

Caption For Linslade, The Grand Union Canal C1960

Local government boundary changes brought Leighton Buzzard and Linslade together into the town of Leighton- Linslade and placed them both in Bedfordshire.

Caption For Bilsborrow, Roebuck Hotel C1960

The parish boundaries meet here with those of Myerscough and Barton; indeed, one boundary cuts through the Roebuck's bowling green.

Caption For Petersfield, The Spain C1955

The line of the paling on the left marked the boundary of the old Borough of Petersfield.

Caption For Chandler's Ford, Hocombe Road C1955

Hocombe Road is the northern boundary of Hiltingbury, and indeed of the borough.

Caption For Swindon, Penhill Drive C1960

In 1951 the Borough of Swindon purchased Penhill Farm, which lay in the parish of Stratton St Margaret, just outside the borough boundary north of the town, for housing.

Caption For Norwich, Bishopgate And Bishops Bridge 1919

The medieval bridge, built about 1340, crosses the Wensum into Bishopgate, which continues around the Cathedral boundary until it becomes Palace Street.

Caption For Norwich, Bishopgate And Bishops Bridge 1919

The medieval bridge, built about 1340, crosses the Wensum into Bishopgate, which continues around the Cathedral boundary until it becomes Palace Street.

Caption For Bakewell, Recreation Ground C1955

With rose beds, trees and the river Wye on its boundary, it is small wonder that this is such a popular place.

Caption For Everton, View From The Church Tower C1955

At one time straddling the county boundary with Huntingdonshire, Everton was listed as Euretone in the Domesday Book.

Caption For Roydon, The High Street C1955

Close to the county boundary, Roydon retains a timeless air.

Caption For Peterborough, River Nene 1952

Over the Town Bridge, which forms the old county boundary, the power station has been replaced with a shopping centre.

Caption For Tetbury, Church Street C1949

Tetbury lies near the boundary of Gloucestershire and Wiltshire on the long stretch of high road between Stroud and Malmesbury.

Caption For Christchurch, The River Stour 1918

Not far beyond the town the journey through Dorset ends as the boundary of Hampshire is reached.

Caption For Buriton, The Street 2004

As to the rest of the photograph, the cottages are now one dwelling but even the boundary walls have changed little in over a century.