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The original town was built around a six acre lake called the Mere, its southern edge bordered by a large village green.

Father and son admire the tidy flower borders and shrubs in what is now Tower Gardens, more than a century ago.

The Edge is not the highest point in the county; at the eastern border with Derbyshire the land rises to nearly 1800ft, and to over 1900ft at Black Hill in Longdendale.

So close to the English border is Knighton that the railway station and hotel are actually on English soil.

The Village 1901 This tiny, attractive hamlet close to the great manor house of Ightham Mote has one small shop, the Plough Inn selling beers brewed at Westerham near the county border, and

A line of mainly 18th- and 19th-century cottages line the banks of the mighty River Tees at Croft-on-Tees, a small settlement to the south of Darlington and very close to the borders of County Durham.

The county border is not far away.

This was carved from solid oak, representing the border battle of that name which took place in 1388.

Highcliffe was well and truly within the county of Hampshire until the latter half of the 20th century, and it remains close to the Hampshire border. As

The lovely ruins of the early 13th-century abbey - in the tranquil valley of the river Teiser on the Kent/Sussex bor- der - are shown in this picture in their Victorian ivy-clad state.

The embankment borders a curve of the river and is a mile-and-a-quarter long.

Situated on the Cambridgeshire border with Bedfordshire, Gamlingay was once a thriving market town.

Sitting right on the English/Welsh border, Oswestry has always served as a market centre for a wide area extending well into central Wales.

Halstock is a large village close to Dorset's border with Somerset.

Fernhurst lies due north of Midhurst in rolling, wooded border country near the Surrey town of Haslemere.

The Forest now begins some distance away, though its heathlands still border the town.

The Castle is situated in a strong defensive position, bordered on three sides by the tidal reaches of the Haven, and its landward side protected by a ditch.

The thatched roof has an unusual border above the edge, which reflects the pattern of the ridge.

With its castle and town established by the Normans at the end of the 11th century, Ludlow was later to become a most important military base controlling the Welsh Marches (or borders).

This large village, just off the ancient Roman Road of Dere Street, later the Great North Road and the A1, lies near the Durham border west of Darlington.