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The Hospital of the Order of St John the Baptist is situated at the junction of the Lower High Street and St John`s Street and by St John`s Bridge.

Liverpool and Manchester both sent traffic over the Ribble bridges and into the dock area to join roads that were full already.

During an apparently unsupervised night shift on 14 February 1818 at the local Colne Bridge Mills, a fallen candle caused a devastating fire in which seventeen girls perished - the youngest was aged just

Once a year the village would be packed with visitors; they came to lean over Paythorne Bridge and watch the salmon leaping in the River Ribble.

By the time of our photograph, the locks had been closed and filled in, so the canal finished here at Waterloo Bridge. The Waterloo Hotel is on the left on High Street.

This view looks eastwards towards the railway bridge that carries the line from Grimsby to Lincoln. Again, the buildings have hardly changed, but the occupants have.

This view looks eastwards towards the railway bridge that carries the line from Grimsby to Lincoln. Again, the buildings have hardly changed, but the occupants have.

The cottage to the left and the elegant brick bridge would appear to be contemporary with the date of the canal.

The pretty village of Thorp Arch with its green, Manor House and old mill leads down to the banks of the Wharfe, with the bridge (1772) carrying the road to Boston Spa.

Ascending the precipitous, winding track through the box woods from Burford Bridge on the River Mole below, on a cumbersome safety bicycle while clad in the heavy clothing of the day must have been hard

The river is at this point scarcely affected by the tides, which are two hours later than at London Bridge, and the low and high water levels are respectively 16½ and 1½ feet higher, the bed

These gates were known as ports and were called the Stable Green Port (north), the Gallowgate Port (east), Brig Port (south) and Trongate Port (west).

The young child on the tricycle rides past the Unicorn, now the premises of Wadsworth`s, the beer, wine and spirit merchants, who have moved from their office on Bridge Street.

On one of Stony Stratford's first bridges over the River Great Ouse, Grilkes Inn had been operating since 1317, possibly the oldest alehouse in Buckinghamshire; and the Cross Keys (1475) and the

From the bridge it was once possible to see a windmill built on a high bluff of rock above the river.

These gates were known as ports and were called the Stable Green Port (north), the Gallowgate Port (east), Brig Port (south) and Trongate Port (west).

The canal bridges are scored and worn by the ropes of the horses that used to pull the narrow boats.

This view shows the Monnow Gate that stands on the bridge of the same name to the left.

Tor Royal and Foggintor provided stone for the building of the prison, while King's Tor and Swell Tor quarries produced the corbel stones for London Bridge, some of which can be seen, unused, near

Amwell End was the original toll road entry to Ware from the south until the building of the bridge. At the far end, it is crossed by the railway and the river.

These have included the enlargement of the Tesco store near the bypass, the reconstruction of the road bridge over Hen Brook in St Mary's Street, and a large new housing complex and marina on

On the Paythorne Road is the bridge where on Salmon Sunday villagers assemble to watch the fish swim and leap upstream.

In Clay Hill lay the settlement of Bridge Street (near where the Rose and Crown now stands). (Stephen G Hoye) This shows the layout of Enfield town in 1572.

This resulted in 1921 in the first council house estates being built off the Cambridge Road, just before the railway bridge in St Neots, and off Berkley Street in Eynesbury.