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Caption For Knowle, High Street C1965

Something of its former village quality remains, and it is still bordered by open countryside - something that not many towns in this county can claim.

Caption For Gretna Green, Sark Bridge C1955

Gretna stands on the Scottish/English border, and so it became popular for runaway marriages of English couples following the passage of Lord Hardwicke's act in 1754.

Caption For Groombridge, The Green C1960

The Kent-Sussex border divides the village in two, but this area, the older part with tile-hung cottages clustered around a triangular green, is in Kent.

Caption For Washington, The Village C1960

In this relatively unspoilt village the buildings are of various materials, including brick, flint, clunch (chalk) and sandstone, which reflects its location on the border between the South Downs and the

Caption For Todmorden, Church Street C1955

For many years, Todmorden (or 'Tod' as it is always known locally) straddled the border between Yorkshire and Lancashire, and this busy, bustling little town has always had a foot in both camps, although

Caption For Royston, General View 1929

The higgledy-piggledy development of this small country market town which resulted from its unusual position on the county border of Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire until 1896 is evident in this overall

Caption For Frodsham, From The Hill C1950

This runs for 30 miles through the heart of Cheshire, and ends by the locks of Grindley Brook just on the border with Shropshire.

Caption For Wollaston, High Park Avenue C1960

There is another High Park Farm too, just across the Staffordshire border.

Caption For Abergavenny, The Black Mountains From Crucorney C1960

In doing so, he helped to define the borders of Wales.

Caption For Bala, The Town And The Lake 1931

The lake is over three miles long and 100 feet deep; it stretches north-east towards the edges of the town, its borders wooded and its shores gravelled.

Caption For Ansdell, Commonside 1927

This quiet road is built over an earlier byway bordering the extensive area of common land that was enclosed, drained and extensively farmed from the 17th century.

Caption For Loxwood, Combination Stores C1950

Loxwood is on the route of the partly-restored Wey and Arun canal near the Surrey border—'London's lost route to the sea'.The shop on the left has old enamelled metal cigarette advertising signs fixed

Caption For Yateley, The Village C1965

Yateley is near the Berkshire border.

Caption For Ansdell, Commonside 1927

This quiet road is built over an earlier byway bordering the extensive area of common land that was enclosed, drained and extensively farmed from the 17th century.

Caption For Euxton, M6 Motorway From Runshaw Lane C1965

It was not until 1970, however, that the M6 reached England's northern border at Carlisle.

Caption For Langwith, High Street C1950

There are actually two Langwiths - Nether and Upper - in north-east Derbyshire, near the border with Nottinghamshire and not far from Mansfield.

Caption For Knighton, Broad Street C1955

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

Caption For Chepstow, The Bridge 1950

It marks the official border between England or Wales in its ironwork.

Caption For Cenarth, Sheep Dipping C1960

Cenarth is situated alongside the River Teifi and the Cardiganshire border.

Caption For Newbury, Ye Swan Inn C1955

One of the most famous pubs in the area, the building stands on the Berkshire/Hampshire border, just to the south of Newbury.