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Enclosed by a bend in the river Medway, the castle was founded in early Norman times and rebuilt during the late 13th century by Sir Stephen de Penchester, a Warden of the Cinque Ports.

An ancient village, Wolviston lies close to Wynyard Hall, historically the family home of the Londonderry dynasty, whose fortune came from the ownership of several collieries and a port in County Durham

Just behind the camera at the north end of the town lies Yarm Bridge, reminding us that for centuries the River Tees was navigable; Yarm operated as an important port, until it was superseded later by

In the event, the main line from Taunton was built as a tub boat canal with a very short life, and an 11-mile stretch from Loudwells to Tiverton was built as a barge canal.

Radar was the word in common parlance, but in fact they were radio beacons, carrying ultra- short wave command signals of the United States Air Force - bounced off the troposphere - between

The short granite cross base with a carved interlace design has inscribed on the other side 'Doniert rogavit pro anima', which translates as 'Doniert ordered this for the good of his soul'.

The Holy Well is a short distance away.

This photograph, taken shortly after the war, shows the Moot Hall in a rather sorry state of repair.

The cottages were threatened with destruction shortly after this photograph was taken, but popular opinion prevailed and they were saved.

this beach, as documented by Giraldus Cambrensis: 'We then passed over Niwegal sands, at which place (during the winter that King Henry II spent in Ireland), as well as in almost all other western ports

Dartmouth was once one of England's greatest ports, exporting wool and cloth.

It is hard to believe now, but East Budleigh was a port before the river Otter silted up around the sixteenth century. Sir Walter Raleigh was born just outside East Budleigh at Hayes Barton in 1552.

Salcombe is a small port at the mouth of the Kingsbridge estuary. It is so sheltered and mild that even oranges have been known to grow there.

Once the port for Canterbury, Fordwich was a town when Domesday was compiled. Now it is now just an attractive riverside village.

Now used just for pleasure boating, the River Weaver would once have been very busy with boats carrying salt to ports along the Mersey estuary.

Behind the photographer is the very large Broadoak Park, home of the Worsley Golf Club; the short road leading to the clubhouse is called Stableford Avenue.

As one old guide book pointed out, 'To every broadsman who quants his wherry along the slow rivers, Acle Bridge is a haven or port of call.

The building on the middle left is the Customs House, whose officials would have worked around the clock checking vessels arriving from foreign ports for contraband and diseased passengers or crew

The circular gun-ports at the base of the gatehouse walls are obscured by hedging.

The Port Talbot bypass opened in the mid 1960s - for its first 10 years it was the A48(M).

Once Gainsborough was a busy port on the river Trent, and Bridge Street runs parallel to the river.

The completion of the Breakwater in 1844 after 32 years' work secured Plymouth's standing as a major port.

The port was able to send twenty ships to Calais in 1347, thanks to the financial success of the wool trade, but its privileges were curtailed by Henry VIII in favour of Poole, and the

At this time, Felixstowe enjoyed popularity as a seaside resort, but the dream of eccentric local landowner Colonel Tomline to transform the town into a major port had not yet materialised - that was to