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Situated about 50 yards below the ferry bridge, the riverside gardens, laid out in 1933, are still well-maintained and attractively stocked.

This beautiful bridge spans the River Frome.

This splendid view of the High Street as it ascends the hill towards the Guildhall was taken from the Town Bridge crossing the River Wey.

Looking down the hill from above the station, we see the bridge carrying the Settle- Carlisle railway line running along the edge of the village.

Bransford's original bridge over the River Teme was built by a local cleric, Bishop Wulstan de Bransford, in 1338.

Forest and the Cricket Club are to the right beyond the bridge, Notts County to the left.

The swing bridge is visible on the left. The harbour itself is small, and in the late 1890s was managed by a harbour board. Note the two 4-horse open-top coaches, packed tight with holiday-makers.

In 1752, William Vick bequeathed money towards the eventual bridging of the Gorge. It was not until 1829 that a competition was held for engineers and architects to submit designs.

The park on the south side of the old Dee bridge is known as Edgar's Field in memory of the Saxon king, Edgar.

A much earlier bridge was replaced by this one in 1853; at that time, the harbour was being improved for the export of copper ore and import of coal.

This Victorian structure replaced the old bridge. The metal central span was later rebuilt using stone, and until the building of the by-pass in 1974 it carried the heavy traffic of the A30.

This view shows the bridge into the castle, recently renewed, and the apse or semi-circular projection. This, like the one at the Tower of London, housed the castle chapel.

This photograph was taken from Folly Bridge; the reach from here to Iffley Lock is used by the college eights for training, and for the bump races known as Torpids and Eights.

Today, children still enjoy playing on the old stone bridge, although their parents now park in a more formal car park to the right. There is also a visitor centre here.

The name of the bridge reflects the local trade which once existed in the area and, as in 60080 (page 84), the level nature of the towpath was an attraction for walkers 100 years ago, as

This stretch of the river to the left of the bridge is now Riverside Gardens, but in 1893 it was known as Gunstock Wharf.

The water authorities carried out work on the two weirs in the 1990s to prevent undermining of the river bank, and new metal bridges have appeared.

The Millers House seen here is all that remains of a much larger building; it is now almost invisible from the bridge downstream because the trees and riverside vegetation have grown so much.

Already falling into disrepair in Victorian times, thatched cottages on the east side of South Street, beside South Bridge, would soon succumb to the front-line of urbanisation.

The bridge in the foreground is the main entrance to the house; the water is the Derwent, en route to its confluence with the Wye south of Rowsley.

Newer parts to the north - Over End and Bridge End - are not quite so attractive. The Standard (?) car is registered in nearby Sheffield.

Here, with the bridge that links the two sides of the village in the background, are four women showing off their selection of crabs.

This view, taken from Folly Bridge at the south end of St Aldate's Street, is of an earlier Eights Week with the Christchurch Meadow bank lined with the College Barges.

There are two dates on the keystone: the bridge of 1867 collapsed and was replaced by another in 1869.