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In the 16th century, the area round the churchyard was the commercial centre of Alcester; it included Butter Street, which borders two sides of the churchyard.

A small village with a common on the Portsmouth to Guildford main road near the Hampshire border. There is chalk quarrying being carried out on the hillside on the left.

Broadway Stores is in Norton, where a large housing estate extends right to the county border. The stores is Broadway Service Station now, with a modern forecourt.

Heading south-west towards Banbury, we now reach Upper Boddington, close to the Warwickshire border.

Situated in North Hampshire, on the border with Berkshire, Ye Swan Inn is the first Hampshire building to be seen when coming south.

Despite bordering Heathrow Airport with all its urbanisation, its tiny village green and some quaint cottages survive.

The county runs out here: the roads from Dormansland lead a short way to the border with either Kent or Sussex.

The picturesque coastal town of Eyemouth is situated five miles north of the border where the Eye Water flows into the North Sea.

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.

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

North of Daventry and close to the border with Warwickshire, Welton stands on a hillside above the Grand Union Canal. Its name comes from the springs and wells in the area.

Shirebrook is a small town on the border with Nottinghamshire which grew up with, and was dominated by, the growth of the Shirebrook and Langwith collieries.

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

Well placed to attract passing motorists, it also served the visitors who came to enjoy a day on the shore, where a fine sandy beach borders the sea.

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.

villages which straddle the river Stour and the county boundary with Suffolk.This picture shows the type of architecture so common hereabouts, although these particular buildings are just over the border

Pictures of Shaftmoor Lane taken around 1900 show a delightful country lane bordered by trees and hedges.

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.

This delightful scene near Coltishall shows a private garden bordering the river, with steps to enable the owners to alight from their boat. The boathouse can be seen further along the river.

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

The village of Rudgwick stands hard by the Surrey border, its church literally just a few yards from the county boundary.

Warren Drive with its neat bungalows and semi-detached homes provides the northern border of the Elm Park Estate, an impressive residential development inspired by the extension of the District Line

Here we see a section of the lawn, some well-maintained borders, and the castellated gatehouse entrance to the grounds.