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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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The Marches
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England's border districts with Wales (also with Scotland, though less often used in this sense), which in the Middle Ages were in a constant state of petty warfare. The Lords Marcher, those barons with castles in the Marches, were given special privileges to compensate for their front-line position.
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