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For centuries, the repair of bridges and maintenance of roads was the responsibility of the parishes in which they were situated, though important crossing points were often maintained through a levy raised

This beautiful wooden bridge was built in 1827. Today, its steel descendant carries the A379.

A train on the Smitham railway bridge adds interest to this photograph of the northern end of Brighton Road shopping area.

This photograph was taken from the eastern end of the glen, two miles upstream from Fingle Bridge.

A steam train pulls into Newby Bridge Station, at the southern end of Windermere.

Par Green begins to look narrower and congested with the addition of more cars, wandering pedestrians and a white line in the road.

A view across the River Bourne, a tributary of the Thames, with a hay cart fording the river and horse and cart and mounted horseman looking down from the bridge at the lower end of Brighton Road.

The location is the Nickle Landing Stage, near Newby Bridge, at the southern end of the lake, where it narrows to enter the River Leven.

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.

Telford's 1826 bridge measures 327 ft long. It hangs on eight chains in two sets over two piers, with adjustment at one end into the rock under the castle, and at the other end into solid rock.

Holidaymakers are boating on the southern reaches of Windermere near Newby Bridge.

Holidaymakers are boating on the southern reaches of Windermere near Newby Bridge. Boating is still a popular pastime on Windermere, which is England's largest lake.

At the opposite end of the High Street from Town Bridge, John Bunyan's staue complements that of John Howard in the Market Place.

This view shows the bridge over the Cam Beck at the top end of Ketttlewell, a charming village in the heart of Upper Wharfedale.

We are looking north-west from the end of the Strand towards the terraces of Summerleaze Crescent on the skyline. Granville Terrace is just to the right of the bridge across the River Neet.

A view from near the Clarence Gate bridge at the southern end of the Boating Lake.

An electric tram service started on 6 February 1904, and continued to operate until 1932. Previously they were steam powered.

Ladies' Walk ends a little more than a kilometre south-west of the bridge where the workman sits on Ladies' Walk.

A steam train pulls into Newby Bridge Station, at the southern end of Windermere.

This is one of the fine strong stone bridges spanning the River Ribble.

Looking from Henley's superb river bridge of 1786 with keystones carved by Anne Seymour Damer with the heads of Isis and Thames, we see the boathouses at the east end of Riverside, which are still in use

These cottages at Thatch End, Baslow, standing near the bridge in photograph No 5217 above, are a Peak District rarity.

As the bridge nears completion, the writing is on the wall for regular ferry services on the Severn.

Shipbuilders swarm across the Walney Bridge from the dockyards at the end of a working day. A crane at Vickers dockyard can be seen in the background on the right.