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The table contains a list of the 58 principal tripoints for the historic counties of England prior to 1800. [15] As the English county boundaries had remained essentially unchanged since the eleventh century, [16] the list can thus be seen to represent the "original" locations of the English county tripoints.
These are high hills with steep slopes where they border the clays to the south. The hills dip steeply forming a scarp onto the Thames valley to the north, and dip gently to the south. The highest village in Hampshire at about 240 m (790 ft) above sea level is Ashmansworth, [66] located between Andover and Newbury.
Wiltshire (/ ˈ w ɪ l t. ʃ ər,-ʃ ɪr /; [2] abbreviated to Wilts) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It borders Gloucestershire to the north, Oxfordshire to the north-east, Berkshire to the east, Hampshire to the south-east, Dorset to the south, and Somerset to the west. The largest settlement is Swindon, and Trowbridge is the ...
The Civil parish of Appleshaw borders the other civil parishes of: Kimpton, Kyfield and Penton Grafton in Hampshire, and Chute Forest and Ludgershall in Wiltshire. Part of the border of the parish of Appleshaw makes up the Wiltshire-Hampshire border. The parish includes a few hamlets as well as the village of Appleshaw.
Ackling Dyke on the Hampshire/Wiltshire border. Ackling Dyke is a section of Roman road in England which runs for 22 miles (35 km) southwest from Old Sarum (Sorviodunum) to the hill fort at Badbury Rings (Vindocladia). Part of the road on Oakley Down has been scheduled as an ancient monument. [1]
Lockerley is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England on the border with Wiltshire.The village lies on the southern bank of the River Dun about two miles upstream from its confluence with the River Test and about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) east of West Dean which is just over the Wiltshire border.
The Dorset, Hampshire, West Sussex and Wiltshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991 [15] Changes to the Christchurch (Dorset)/New Forest (Hampshire) boundary; East Dorset (Dorset)/New Forest (Hampshire) boundary; New Forest (Hampshire)/Salisbury (Wiltshire) boundary; Test Valley (Hampshire)/Kennet (Wiltshire) boundary
Buildings at Lopcombe Corner, below the hillfort. Ashley's Copse is the site of an Iron Age hillfort, about 8 miles (13 km) northeast of the city of Salisbury, England, straddling the border between the counties of Wiltshire and Hampshire.