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This rural lane leading to Kettering was to change dramatically in the 1930s, when it would be bordered by large detached houses with elaborate gardens.

Close to the Wiltshire border, this little market and wool town has retained many of its 17th- and 18th- century buildings, such as the Eight Bells Inn, seen here on the right.

On the border between Dorset and Hampshire, Alderholt lies on the edge of the great medieval hunting ground of Cranborne Chase.

The village had its own mill, Ascott Mill, at one time; Langley Mill, shown here, was outside the village, nudging the Shipton-under- Wychwood border - the River Evenlode marks the parish boundary.

Its boundaries brush hard against the borders of neighbouring Hampshire. The heathland all around is still relatively unspoiled, and rich in archaeology.

The tiny village of Garboldisham on the Norfolk / Suffolk border has many houses made of the knapped flint which is so characteristic of the area.

Said to be the highest town in Surrey, Haslemere is 500ft up in the hills close to the borders of both Sussex and Hampshire.

The first castle was built at this border town within twenty years of the Norman conquest. A delivery boy with his basket completes the scene.

It is bordered by the sea on one side and a meandering river on the other.

Bordering the wonderful weald of Kent, Chipstead is near the great house of Chevening - a favourite spot for Prince Charles.

Part of a large complex of military buildings, Victoria Barracks were built in 1880 and occupied by the King's Own Scottish Borderers until 1939.

The simple little 13th-century parish church of the Holy Cross at Upper Langwith, east of Bolsover and close to the border of Nottinghamshire, may not have a tower, but it is nevertheless a gem of Perpendicular

Meifod lies on the main A495 road, which eventually ends over the border in Oswestry.

Described in 1972 by Maxwell Fraser in his book, 'Welsh Border Country' as 'one of those perfect English towns which are unsurpassable in their friendly atmosphere and old-world charm', Ross is beautifully

The little hamlet of Brockweir, straggling along the floor of the Wye Valley and with a utilitarian bridge spanning the river itself, lies on the county border with Gwent.

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

A virtually deserted tree-lined High Street in Longtown, a small town on the Esk a few miles short of the Scottish Border. Locals gather outside the Globe Tavern, perhaps waiting for opening time.

The town's name comes from the Anglo-Saxon word for frontier or border.

Only a century and a half ago Hyde Park was bordered by mire and wilderness. Londoners tended market gardens close by which are now smothered by the buildings of Kensington.

Its close proximity to the Dorset border makes it an ideal place to stay for anyone exploring both counties.

The sign reads, 'The first hotel in England' - and we are, indeed, very close to the English/Welsh border.

Forget the snorting steam and piston stroke, Forget the spreading of the hideous town; Think rather of the pack-horse on the down, And dream of London, small, and white and clean, The clear Thames bordered

The architect who had planned Sir Walter Scott's home in the Scottish borders rebuilt Canford's manor in the 1820s.

In medieval times it was a market town owned by Combermere Abbey, a Cistercian abbey on the Cheshire border.