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The river is crossed on a toll bridge; this view shows the toll gate and cottage, the former now replaced by a booth and barrier ten yards beyond.

Pontrhydfendigaid means 'bridge of the blessed ford', and this is that bridge. By it is the village shop.

Staverton Bridge has seen its fair share of incidents, especially in the form of floods; though less common than they were, these still occur.

Dart Bridge is the first on the river to be built from anything other than granite - its four arches are constructed from local limestone.

The toll house on the far span of Halfpenny Bridge explains the unusual name, because that is how much it cost to pass over this handsome construction when it was built in the 18th century.

Its bridge lies just behind the photographer.

Three Bridges derives its name from its bridges over the River Mole.

Taxal is a small village south of Whaley Bridge, lying in a cul-de-sac overlooking the lovely Goyt Valley.

Burton Bridge was once one of only a handful of crossing points over the Trent River, and consequently the town was of some strategic importance.

Burton Bridge was once one of only a handful of crossing points over the Trent River, and consequently the town was of some strategic importance.

The nearby swing bridge was built in 1932, and was the first such bridge built on a floating pontoon in Britain.

The iron bridge (demolished in 1978) brought the line from Exeter, and did not run parallel to the road bridge.

At Batchworth, close to Rickmansworth ('Ricky' to the bargemen), there is a fine example of a wide-beamed bascule bridge (a bascule bridge has one or more sections that rise when a counterpoise sinks).

Surrounded by some of the oldest trees in Penarth, children on the bridge gaze toward the camera. In 1884 gas lamps were installed along the route to the beach.

Gone these days are the bridge, the rustic seat and the picnic table, but the tranquillity of this beauty spot remains.

The medieval river bridge was replaced by the Improvement Commissioners set up by Act of Parliament in 1803.

Bridge Street leads straight ahead, concealing the ancient Buddle Bridge, which lies beneath the cars between the Pilot Boat Hotel (left) and Rock Point Hotel (right).

Joining the two courts of St John's College on either side of the River Cam is the Bridge of Sighs. It borrows the idea of the covered bridge from the one of the same name in Venice.

In the 1890s there were several tramway schemes to link Southport to Lytham St Anne's, though the real fly in the ointment was bridging the River Ribble.

Frith's photographer was standing beyond Halford's, looking east towards the river bridge. Burford Bridge is on the right, its wide 1927 main arch flanked by rebuilt medieval ones.

Two arms of the River Wey meet here, and an ancient bridge spans each arm. The bridges were almost certainly constructed by the monks of nearby Waverley Abbey, which was built in 1128.

This view looks east, and shows the bridge across Grange Vale, a road that connects the Brighton Road with the residential areas of Grange Road, Worcester Road and Mulgrave Road.

Three hundred years ago, Bothwell was a strategically important village, its bridge being the only one over the Clyde apart from Glasgow Bridge.

Taken from the bridge over the River Bride, this view looks northwards into the southern section of the High Street.