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- 1 2 These two tripoints are just about a mile from one another, to the east of East Grinstead.
- ↑ Formerly located at TQ426574
- ↑ This tripoint is located beside where the M25 motorway crosses the River Lea.
- ↑ Near to Shippea Hill railway station
- 1 2 Often incorrectly believed to be a quadripoint, these two tripoints are around 20 metres apart.
- ↑ Located at the edge of "Threeshire Wood".
- ↑ Marked by a "Three Shire Stone"
- ↑ Location of the "Four Shire Stone" monument, marking the location of a former quadripoint when the site also bordered a detached area of Worcestershire.
- ↑ Marked by "Three Shire Oak".
- ↑ Marked by Dow Bridge
- 1 2 These two tripoints are just under a mile from one another - see No Man's Heath.
- ↑ Situated 500m north of "Three Shires Oak".
- ↑ Known as Three Shire Heads and the former location of three stones marking the boundary and shown on John Speed's map of 1612.
- ↑ "County boundary mapping from 1995". Ordnance Survey. Archived from the original on 2008-12-09.
- ↑ Ordnance Survey: First Edition, 1806
- ↑ Encyclopedia Americana Corp. (1918). Encyclopedia Americana. p. 354.
- 1 2 These two tripoints are just over a mile from one another near Lechlade.
- ↑ Marked by the "Three Shire Elms"
