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It ceased working shortly before the Great War, and has recently been converted into five flats.

This is another of the Lincolnshire churches that has Anglo-Saxon long and short stone work in the tower.

This must have been taken very shortly before work began on the demolition of Evesham Street. E A Hodges has become just another branch of Dillons, presumably as a result of a take-over.

Station Road, though quite short in length, still manages to achieve a broad mix of shops and dwelling houses.

The tramway had a relatively short life-span - it was closed in 1926.

Portreath was once a thriving little mining port at the terminus of Cornwall's first (horse-drawn) railway.

Beccles would still have been doing important business as a port when this photograph was taken. The main claim to fame of the church in the background is that Nelson's parents were married there.

A long way from his home port of Glasgow, the 'Tarantia's captain is escorted by a tugboat pilot more familiar with the difficult sections of the canal.

Lymington has always been important as a port; it has not always been the small anchorage that visitors see today.

The tower derives its name from the time when Chester was a thriving port and ships used to moor alongside it.

It was traditionally much more important than its 'little suburb by the sea', and was included in the jurisdiction of the Cinque Ports.

It was still an important port, with several hundred vessels coming up river every year to discharge and take on cargo.

There were once regular sailings to Glasgow and Greenock, but its days as a cross-channel port are now over.

One of the most beautiful of the many lovely Broads churches is St Helens at Ranworth, a short walk from the staithe.

After visiting Hastings, the tourist should make the short journey out to Battle to see where the course of English history was changed so suddenly and dramatically on an October day in 1066.

Between 1867 and 1904, finding themselves short of workers accomodation, the Guest family built more than 110 cottages accross their far-flung estate, paying special attension to Canford Magna itself

The properties we see here sit on the edge of Norton Green, with the High Street off to the right, and the church and vicarage a short distance up to the left.

Construction was started in 1919 on this Gothic-style 'Victory' church designed by Arthur Heron Ryan-Tenison; the photograph shows St Paul's shortly after its consecration early in 1924.

They lift the canal 168ft by seven pairs of chambers; these are not staircase locks, which we have met before, but locks linked by a very short pound.

After these three locks at Greenberfield, there is a short summit and a tunnel before the canal descends into Lancashire. Beyond the house is the site of a three lock staircase.

This picture, showing the 18th-century mill facade, was taken shortly before the construction of a silo block used for storing raw materials for making animal feeds.

The Cliff Café is a fine example, photographed shortly after its refurbishment.

To the right is H W Short's printing and stationery establishment.

Within a short distance, the river becomes the border between Herefordshire and Gloucestershire. Further on, it subsequently becomes the border between England and Wales.