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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.
The Dyke still exists, and can best be seen at Knighton, close to the modern border between England and Wales. [3] Campaigns and raids from Powys led, possibly around about AD 820, to the building of Wat's Dyke, a boundary earthwork extending from the Severn valley near Oswestry to the Dee estuary. [4] [5]
The modern border between Wales and England was largely defined by the Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542, based on the boundaries of medieval Marcher lordships. According to the Welsh historian John Davies: [25] Thus was created the border between Wales and England, a border which has survived until today.
Wat's Dyke (Welsh: Clawdd Wat) is a 40-mile (64 km) linear earthwork running through the northern Welsh Marches from Basingwerk Abbey on the River Dee estuary, passing east of Oswestry and on to Maesbury in Shropshire, England. It runs generally parallel to Offa's Dyke, sometimes within a few yards but never more than three miles (5 km) away.
It forms part of the border between Wales and England in places, before flowing into the River Severn. It is notable for being the only river to cross from England into Wales [ 1 ] and does so twice. The river originates in England, in the area between Snead and Lydham , flows west, forming part of the border between Wales and England, before ...
Shropshire (/ ˈ ʃ r ɒ p ʃ ər,-ʃ ɪər /; abbreviated Salop [4]) is a ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England, on the border with Wales.It is bordered by Cheshire to the north-east, Staffordshire to the east, Worcestershire to the south-east, Herefordshire to the south, and the Welsh principal areas of Powys and Wrexham to the west and north-west respectively.
The Roman province of Britannia in 410. During the Roman occupation of Britain, the area of present-day England and Wales was administered as a single unit, except for the land to the north of Hadrian's Wall – though the Roman-occupied area varied in extent, and for a time extended to the Antonine/Severan Wall.