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In the 17th century, Swanbridge was one of the numerous small ports dotted around the Glamorgan coast shipping goods to Uphill and Bristol.

Humberside and the North-Eastern Ports

Now a full mile and a half from the sea, New Romney was, in the 13th century, first among the five Cinque Ports.

The mouth was stabilised in 1733, and there were great plans for the port.

On the left is a line of coal wagons: Yarmouth had long been a colliers' and fishermens' port, and in its prime over 200 vessels were registered.

Portmadoc was originally intended to be the port of Tremadoc, a new town that never got beyond a village; it was planned by the speculator William Madocks, who had a grand scheme to persuade the Government

Pentewan was developed as a port in the 1820s for shipping ores and china clay, which were brought down from St Austell on a railway built in 1829.

During the 19th and early 20th centuries, Staithes was a fishing port of some standing, a centre for cod, haddock and mackerel, but it fell into decline with the development of steam trawlers, which tended

Final improvements on the Exeter Canal, completed in 1832, allowed larger vessels, such as the 'Hans Emil' pictured here, to reach the Port.

Padstow is a very ancient port and has long been associated with trading and shipbuilding.

In earlier days, this port served clippers on a specialised fruit trade.

Port Talbot's main industries were farming and mining until the early 20th century.

One of the medieval Cinque Ports, Hastings remained a fishing port until relatively recently.

Grimsby was once the world's largest fishing port, but the 'cod wars' ended that.

The flour mills (B399087, left background) are a reminder of the port's heyday when the trading vessels of the world would have queued to unload.

General View 1890 New Shoreham was a prosperous medieval port with a superb parish church, St Mary de Haura, whose great central tower can be seen in this view.

Few people think of Tarleton as a port, but in the 15th century ships from here sailed to small ports along the Lancashire coast and even to Europe.

The mouth was stabilised in 1733, and there were great plans for the port.

In 1669 the course of the Little Ouse was cut and extended to Thetford, enabling barges to ply for the first time between the country towns of the region and the port of King's Lynn.

Blythburgh was an important port in bygone times.

Orford was a prosperous medieval port which declined as the shingle spit of Orford Ness grew, which gradually cut it off from the sea.

Port Talbot's main industries were farming and mining until the early 20th century.

Guernsey St Peter Port, The Old

For a short time Fleetwood was in effect the northern terminus of the L&NWR line from Euston, and the connecting stop for steamer services to and from Belfast, Ardrossan and various west coast ports