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Reading Bridge is an elegant reinforced concrete one, with a single main span and Brunel-like arches on each bank. Opened in 1923, it is an examplar of what can be done in the material.

This view looks up Highbridge Street from the river bridge to the Abbey church and its impressive 16th-century west tower.

John Rennie's gorgeous bridge, built in 1817 as both river crossing and monument to the battle, was demolished in 1923.

The river flowing beneath the 15th-century bridge is the Darent, which rises near the county boundary with Surrey near Westerham and runs through a myriad of Kent villages to the Thames near Long-reach

On the east bank, beyond the bridge, this medieval inn is noted for its 'cruck' construction, the large curved timbers in the gable wall, and for the fact that Jerome K Jerome commends it in 'Three Men

The driver of this MG Magnette was perhaps distracted by the vista around him, and has himself become something of a tourist attraction.

Conwy was already something of a tourist attraction by 1898 with its castle and remnants of the planned medieval town.

The 'Star Inn' on the left is being given a fresh lick of paint in this view from the railway bridge.

Standing beside a bridge across the River Brun, from which the town takes its name, is Burnley Town Hall.

An audience watches from the old bridge as two coracle fishermen cast their nets for salmon or sea-trout. Sturgeon have also been caught here.

Stamford Bridge over the River Derwent is still a popular stopping place for visitors, although the Old Corn Mill inn has recently closed, a victim of drink/drive laws.

Cross the humped bridge over the river from Coltishall, and the village becomes Horstead.

In the distance beyond the bridge is a pub. At the time of this view, it would have been called the Rose and Castle.

The view looks along Bridge Street towards the river. The Original Bakewell Pudding Shop is located further along on the right hand side. Stewarts Clothing Hall is the major building on the right.

This view was taken 70 years after photograph 18642, and apart from the statuary missing from the bridge buttresses, the scene is timeless.

This is the first Waterloo Bridge, which was opened in 1817 by the Prince Regent; this view looks from behind Cleopatra's Needle on the north bank. Below are Victoria Embankment Gardens.

The area south-east of the city was marshy and virtually undeveloped until its draining after the Witham Act of 1812.

This downstream view, taken from almost the same vantage point as N50079, shows the ugly and large hotel built in the intervening fifteen years close to both Trent Bridge cricket ground and Nottingham

The nets strewn across the railings of the bridge emphasise the importance of this small harbour; in 1887, it boasted over 80 cobles and yawls, employing over 200 fishermen.

Electric street tramcars had been introduced in 1899; in this picture we have a selection of single-deckers and open-top double-deckers.

The main Huddersfield to Manchester railway makes its way along the steep side of the valley, and it has to cross many side valleys.

Most cottages here were built in the century from 1750, and accommodated coal miners. Other trades here included spinning and weaving.

The High Street, across the Witham via Town Bridge rebuilt in 1913, presents a mainly late Georgian character with mostly three-storey frontages to the pavement edge, but many of these conceal earlier

High Street remains unchanged, and is still used for markets on Saturdays. Much of the northern half of the street is pedestrianised.