In modern usage, "the Marches" is often used to describe those English counties which lie along the border with Wales, particularly Shropshire and Herefordshire, and sometimes adjoining areas of Wales. The English term Welsh March (in Medieval Latin Marchia Walliae) was originally used in the Middle Ages to denote the marches between England and the Principality of Wales, in which Marcher lords had specific rights, exercised to some extent independently of the king of England. The precise meaning of the term has varied at different periods. The Welsh Marches ( Welsh: Y Mers) is an imprecisely defined area along the border between England and Wales in the United Kingdom.
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