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The bench ends are remarkable; they include a baby in swaddling clothes, Nebuchadnezzar eating grass, and even a mermaid, which is said to be modelled from life from a mermaid who would creep ashore

In 1914, a continental telephone cable to Ostend was installed, which came ashore at Dumpton.

Horses are very prominent in our photograph: one brave horse cab is going through the waves, and horses from the 'vans' (bathing machines) are coming ashore.

Still a major port in the 1530s, defences consisted of a chain link boom and a shore battery mounted at St Catherine's Castle.

On the left of this photograph is a large winch: as neither Walmer nor Deal had a harbour, fishing boats had to be winched ashore.

The block opposite the Market Hall was demolished and rebuilt as more imposing shops in about 1924.

Henry II's great 12th-century keep stands sentinel over Orford, built to guard the coast where Flemish mercenaries were brought ashore by the Earl of Norfolk, whose castles far out-numbered royal castles

The village is said to have begun as the result of a shipwreck when survivors from a French ship scrambled ashore and decided to stay.

The village is said to have begun as a result of a shipwreck, when the survivors from a French ship scrambled ashore and decided to stay.

In 1506 the Archduke Phillip of Austria and his wife, the Spanish Infanta Joanna, were brought to Charminster after being cast ashore on the Dorset coast.

The sick, dying and injured were brought here from the war-torn corners of the British Empire; the 570-ft-long pier enabled casualties to be carried ashore from troop ships.

Henry II's great 12th century keep stands sentinel over Orford, built to guard the coast where Flemish mercenaries were brought ashore by the Earl of Norfolk, whose castles far out-numbered

She is either about to put warps ashore or has just taken them aboard.

She is either about to put warps ashore or has just taken them aboard.

Ever since undersea cables came ashore on this far western coast, Porthcurno has played a major role in world communications and commerce.

Boat owners can still moor up and hop ashore for a pint at the Jolly Sailor.

As more and more injured men came back from the front, a larger hut hospital was built on the playing fields of King's and Clare Colleges, with 'open-air' wards such as this one housing the patients

One of the bargees has summoned his wife or daughter to take the tiller, while he stands on the bow ready to cast the towing line ashore.

Coverack men were infamous for smuggling, and early coastguards reported that '7,000 ankers of brandy' had been run ashore in a single 12-month period.

The new parish was carved out of St James' parish as more and more houses and industry were attracted to the Burnley Road area.

The Eastern Telegraph Co's large cable station was established in the valley just inland from the beach at Porthcurno, where undersea cables came ashore.

In 1506 the Archduke Phillip of Austria and his wife the Spanish Infanta Joanna were brought to Charminster after being cast ashore on the Dorset coast.

Churchtown can trace its recorded history back to the Viking landings, but it is also true that the settlement will have been in existence before the outcasts from Ireland made their way ashore.

plank serving as a gangway to the vessel from the bank had, until comparatively recent legislation, been the cause of many an accident as crew returned to their various ships after a run ashore