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The River Dee marks the border between Farndon, England, to the left and Holt, Wales, to the right. Bilingual "Welcome to Wales" sign Bilingual "Welcome to England" sign. The modern boundary between Wales and England runs from the salt marshes of the Dee estuary adjoining the Wirral Peninsula, across reclaimed land to the River Dee at Saltney just west of Chester.
Offa's Dyke (Welsh: Clawdd Offa) is a large linear earthwork that roughly follows the border between England and Wales.The structure is named after Offa, the Anglo-Saxon king of Mercia from AD 757 until 796, who is traditionally believed to have ordered its construction.
English: Map depicting the border between Wales and England, with labels of the unitary authorities along the border. Date: 3 March 2021: Source: Own work .
The term March is from the 13th-century Middle English marche ("border region, frontier"). The term was borrowed from Old French marche ("limit, boundary"), itself borrowed from a Frankish term derived from Proto-Germanic *markō ("border, area"). The term is a doublet of English mark, and is cognate with German Mark ("boundary"). [2]
Geologic map of Wales. The geology of Wales is complex and varied. The earliest outcropping rocks are from the Precambrian era, some 700 Mya, and are found in Anglesey, the Llŷn peninsula, southwestern Pembrokeshire and in places near the English border.
The border with Shropshire between Llanymynech and Melverley (the Welsh-English border) runs along the River Vyrnwy, but this river meanders at will. Dropped meanders mean that there are six riparian semi-enclaves of Montgomeryshire, and four of Shropshire. These have been left alone. [102]
The major towns and cities of the Welsh Marches region — located in English and Welsh counties on the England–Wales border See also: Category: Counties of the Welsh Marches Subcategories
Map of England and Wales, two of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom. England and Wales (Welsh: Cymru a Lloegr) is one of the three legal jurisdictions of the United Kingdom. It covers the constituent countries England and Wales and was formed by the Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542. The substantive law of the jurisdiction is ...