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This view westwards shows (from left to right) the Midland Bank, Mac Fisheries, Cathedral Antiques (the Abbey National Building Society today), a solicitor's premises, and Traveller's Joy travel

Stramongate Bridge was also known as Miller or Mill Bridge, because it linked the mills on the eastern bank of the River Kent to the 'Auld Grey Town' on the other bank.

Mill Bank, or simply 'Loftus Bank', forms the approach to Loftus from Carlin How and, to this day, tests the skills of even the most careful driver, particularly in the winter months.

The cross sands route from Hest Bank and Arnside comes ashore by Kents Bank station, which is regularly used in summer by those groups of walkers who have been led across Morecambe Bay,

We are looking down the High Street towards Barclays Bank.

Banks abound in Granby Street: the Italianate National Westminster of 1869, the Midland, a Gothic creation with its French pavilion roof, and the Yorkshire Penny Bank opposite the Grand Hotel is probably

The ferry has long gone, but this view from the Oxfordshire bank looking north-east captures the river's character well. To the right is the ferry slipway behind the St George and Dragon pub.

A little further downstream, just through the railway bridge, the view down river from the Staines bank has changed; now there is extensive housing development on both banks, much fortunately still hidden

The bank at the left has become the District Bank, and the building also houses the Inland Revenue.

This photograph of Roebuck Ferry House is a reminder of the days when an un-accommodating landowner refused access to the Berkshire bank of the Thames.

This is a general view of Kendal from the south, with the Lakeland hills in the background.The town of Kendal was founded on the west bank of the River Kent, although the earliest settlement around

Samuel Greg's Quarry Bank Mill stands on the banks of the Bollin where it flows through a wooded glen. Originally water-powered, the mill remains intact, and is now in the care of the National Trust.

The scene is a near traffic jam at the Bank. The photographer is standing on the Mansion House balcony looking directly at the Royal Exchange.

The village was confined to the south bank of the river; the development of the north bank did not take place until the building of the Victoria Bridge.

The village was confined to the south bank of the river; the development of the north bank did not take place until the building of the Victoria Bridge.

This photograph shows the village of Streatley on the left bank of the Thames. An old wooden bridge linked the village with Goring on the opposite bank until it was replaced in the 1920s.

The NatWest Bank now occupies the left-hand corner building, whilst on the right the street was completely redeveloped in the 1980s with estate agents' offices and Lloyds Bank.

The Green Bank Hotel, on the south bank of the Penryn River, was built in 1785 to cash in on the trade brought to the town by the mail packets.

On the corner is the London and County Bank, which, in time, will become the National Westminster Bank.

7 miles from Clitheroe on the banks of the River Hodder amidst moorland, Slaidburn is a popular village with walkers and cyclists. The view from the bank shows the 15th-century church of St Andrew.

The bank on the right, 1920s extensions to two houses, went in 1975. Its drab replacement Nat West Bank is now (in 2000) Methvens booksellers.

Great Mitton is on the north bank of the river, and Little, or Lower Mitton on the south bank, with the River Ribble (which we can see here) in between.

The Bankes Arms is named after the prominent Dorset family, which included Lady Bankes, the 17th-century defender of the castle.

A 20th-century means of producing power shares the banks of the Orwell with vessels which harness one of the oldest forms of power.