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The Act of Union ended border warfare and Henry Blencow who lived here was knighted by King James I and became Sheriff of Cumberland.

About one mile to the north-west is the bastle house of Low Old Shield, one of many fortified farmhouses built during the days of the Border raids.

Built as one of a series defending the English border from Welsh attack, the castle had already fallen into disrepair by the 1600s, when it was refortified during the Civil War.

This is not Isaac Newton's Woolsthorpe, but the village west of Grantham in rolling countryside right on the Leicestershire border; it has fine views of Belvoir Castle a mile away on its hill on the other

We are on the upper River Medway north of the Ashdown Forest, near the Kent border. The 13th-century church of St Mary is on a knoll in the centre of the village.

Tadley is not far from the Berkshire border. It looks as if the Austin A30 has hit the post box!

Motorists heading out of Cornwall from Callington must descend a steep hill through the old mining village of Gunnislake, which is situated in the Tamar valley close to the Devon border.

Tantallon was the stronghold of the Douglases, wardens of the Border Marches, lords of Galloway, and by the end of the 15th century masters of much of Lothian, Stirlingshire and Clydesdale.

It was one of many castles built by the de Lacy family and was part of a network of castles throughout the area, used to control what was once wild, border country.

Moving south from Grantham, out into the oolitic limestone country towards the Leicestershire border, we reach Skillington; it has a good range of stone houses, and a parish church with some Anglo-Saxon

Guarding the road from the south, the Hotspur Gate was built in 1450; a licence to fortify the Border town of Alnwick had been granted in 1434.

It lies a little to the west of Penn, just across the county border in Staffordshire (where Penn also used to belong, of course).

The stronghold formed an integral part of the defences of the western border of Glamorgan, which also included the castles of Newcastle at Bridgend and Coity.

It was one of many castles built by the de Lacy family and was part of a network of castles throughout the area, used to control what was once wild, border country.

Moving south from Grantham, out into the oolitic limestone country towards the Leicestershire border, we reach Skillington; it has a good range of stone houses, and a parish church with some Anglo-Saxon

As its name implies, this small town is the westernmost in Kent, almost on the border with Surrey.

Tamworth fails to get a mention in the Domesday Book, but this is believed to be due to a clerical error caused by the fact that the town straddles the border between Staffordshire and Warwickshire.

The college opened with 80 borders and 20 day boys. Almost at once something went wrong - there was no lack of teaching skills, but the managerial expertise needed was not there.

In fact it sits between two small lakes, making it a well defended site from possible Welsh attack - the border is only three or four miles away.

From Tyrley the canal crosses the Tern by a single-arched aque- duct and crosses the border into Shropshire.

Civil wars, rebellion and border raids all brought destruction before the stability of the mid-18th century, and prosperity from trade with the Indies encouraged investment in grand houses and civic buildings

Like its near neighbour Dunsfold, this cluster of weather-tiled cottages close to the Surrey-Sussex border derives part of its name from the term for a cattle enclosure.

Flimwell is centred on a crossroads near the Kent border. Its church, St Augustine's, was built in 1873.

They walked to the Welsh border and beyond, where they were fattened ready for sale to English markets. This route was chosen because it had no expensive toll gates.