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The 14th-century bridge was a three-road crossing point all those years ago. Now it is a unique part of Lincolnshire's history.

There were numerous tolls (it cost 5d for an adult corpse to cross the bridge!).

Acle Bridge now has a thriving boatyard with leisure-boating facilities. The old Bridge Inn building has gone, but the pantiled outbuilding survives as a craft and gift shop.

To the north-west of the New Forest is the peaceful little town of Fordingbridge, named after the ancient ford and medieval bridge which facilitate a passage across the River Avon at this point.

Easily the most famous and most photographed building in Ambleside is Bridge House, a tiny one-up, one-down house constructed on a bridge over the Stock Beck.

The effect of the new bridge on housing nearby can be seen in this photograph.

Eamont Bridge, just south of Penrith on the A6, takes its name from a splendid three-arched bridge across the River Eamont.

By the river, a road leads off Walton Lane under the bridge towards Walton Marina.

At that time, Exe Bridge was all that was needed to deal with Exeter's traffic. Today, a parallel bridge has been built, creating an enormous roundabout.

Here we see the town bridge with a Salter Brothers steamer passing underneath. The 15th-century bridge was rebuilt during the 19th century.

Here we see Clare College from Clare Bridge, which dates from 1640: it is the oldest surviving bridge in Cambridge.

Fingle Bridge, typical of an old Dartmoor pack bridge, spans the River Teign.

A family group of children enjoy a boating trip on the River Leven at Newby Bridge, at the southern end of Windermere.

Acle Bridge, a mile from the village, crosses the Bure. Two years after this photograph was taken the fine stone bridge, built in about 1830, was replaced by a steel one.

The new bridge (1904) can be seen in the distance; it opened up the Middleton side of the river. To the right of the bridge are the Parish Church and the Liberal Club, now the Playhouse Theatre.

This view of Riverside Road was taken from Foundry Bridge. By 1938, the trees planted in the 1880s were mature.

Unfortunately, the photographer has missed the most attractive thing about this place, the 14th century bridge which is just off the picture to the left.

An early traveller from Worcester bound for the Westside would first cross the bridge, then follow a causeway across flood meadows before trudging up narrow, winding Cripplegate to St John's.

Across the valley behind, known as Rifts Wood, is the footbridge known as the Ha'penny Bridge - a reference to the toll which was levied when crossing the bridge.

This view of Riverside Road was taken from Foundry Bridge. By 1938, the trees planted in the 1880s were mature.

In 1852 a suspension bridge was built over the Dee to link the suburb of Queen's Park with the Groves on the north side of the river. The bridge was rebuilt in 1923.

ST IVES, Bridge Street1955 S23004 Today, the bridge at St Ives is restricted to pedestrians, but up to fifty years ago, it was possible to drive a cart or a car over the bridge.

The river near the new bridge now has rows of wooden houseboats moored along the right bank, where Wayford Farm has been developed into the Wayford Bridge Hotel.

Within 15 years of being built the bridge needed to be widened so that today it carries four lanes of traffic.