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To the north, the National Society for Epileptics, informally grouped round Arts and Crafts style houses and cottages, started in 1895 and still going strong.

Built in 1884, its architect was Edward Schroeder Prior (1852-1932), an adherent of the Arts and Crafts movement.

However, of considerable interest is St Anselms Church, Westfield Park, with its superb Arts and Crafts glass by Louis Davis.

Quarrying, hand nail making, clog making and top-hat making have all gone, but one craft remains: swill (basket) making.

Silting up has made it difficult for large vessels to continue to use Palnackie port, and visits have been restricted in recent years to smaller pleasure craft, and more modest fishing and cockling boats

By the end of the 18th century, the Severn north of Bewdley was becoming increasingly difficult to keep open for navigation, and groups of men had to be employed to bow-haul craft between Bewdley and Coalbrookdale

Shugborough Hall, Lord Lichfield's house, is behind the trees to the left; the small building on the towing path is now a craft shop.

Each man takes water pressure on the oars, thus easing the craft gently around the exit.

Here we see a simple, well-proportioned range of three-storey shops and flats of around 1890, with their fine sensitively-crafted pilastered fronts.

However, from the 1880s its most frequent use was for pleasure craft, as we see here.

at Barrow has possessed a watery magnetism which has drawn people from the city to its banks on warm summer days, either to enjoy a picnic, or to venture onto the water in a variety of craft

The origins of these craft are obscure, though some their features could suggest a Danish influence.

At Hoveton there is a full mile of shimmering open water which is thronged with pleasure craft in the summer months.

Very much in the Arts and Crafts style, each pew end is different, and the rector himself is remembered in a Morris window in the chancel.

Close by, in Private Road, is a house of some architectural significance designed in the Arts and Crafts manner by Arthur Macmurdo for his brother.

A traditional Farmers' Market in still held here every third Tuesday in the month, selling local and award-winning specialities, seasonal produce and distinctive crafts.

The quay is busy today with pleasure craft, rather than the commercial traffic of the past.

After the turn of the 19th century, Glasson Dock was used more and more by pleasure craft.

These two views both feature the fine Georgian river bridge and the southern part of Riverside, sometimes called Thames Side; by this date it was solely used for mooring and hiring pleasure craft,

Today it comprises blocks of executive apartments overlooking the pleasure craft moored in Buckden Marina.

Boating is a popular pastime, and the river is used by a variety of pleasure and competitive craft.

These post- gale craft have small cuddy decks forward.

Today, the roads are busy and congested, whilst the river continues on its silent way, witnessing only the occasional pleasure craft.

With its reinforced concrete and glass structure disguised by brick facings and gabled pavilions, it resembles an updated version of the Arts & Crafts style of architecture.