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A lad sits on his handcart on the right of this photograph, which was taken in a yard off Highgate.

The Red Hart yard in 1931.

Here we see workers arriving by boat at one of the ship-building yards that once dotted the eastern banks; these included the great Millwall Yards, which launched among others Brunel's 'Great Eastern'

This interesting view was taken from the western side of the river from the site of today's police station, and shows many of the yards along Church Street.

In this late Victorian view from in front of numbers 12 to 14 Minster Yard, the quality of the mainly 13th-century Gothic cathedral comes over well.

This medieval inn with characteristic ranges on each side of the yard reached through the carriageway, was in fact a 15th-century house converted to an inn about 1500.

On the downs above Osmington is this famous hill-figure of George III, 108 yards high and 93 yards long.

The pool had a length of just over 50 yards and a width of just 20 yards.

One of the most spectacular is North Cleave Gut, 120 yards deep and ten yards wide, with a 350ft waterfall at its head.

In this late Victorian view from in front of numbers 12 to 14 Minster Yard, the quality of the mainly 13th-century Gothic cathedral comes over well.

In this late Victorian view from in front of numbers 12 to 14 Minster Yard, the quality of the mainly 13th-century Gothic cathedral comes over well.

In this late Victorian view from in front of numbers 12 to 14 Minster Yard, the quality of the mainly 13th-century Gothic cathedral comes over well.

A lad sits on his handcart on the right of this photograph, taken in a yard off Highgate.

One of the most engaging characteristics of Kendal is its multitude of charming side alleys and yards, such as this one off the main thoroughfare of Stricklandgate.

An Old Yard off Stricklandgate 1914.

When it opened in 1860, it was 1,200 yards long and had a landing stage where steamers from the Isle of Man, North Wales, and several west-coast ports made scheduled stops during the season.

It was replaced by the present castle - more of a palace - built around Upper and Lower Castle Yards.

It is still popular, and has the truncated remains of its inn courtyard within – we see it here from the yard end of the carriageway through the building.

By 1900 it had ceased milling corn and was a timber yard and chair maker's workshop, but it burned down completely in 1912.

Here the photographer looks south-east from the East Street junction past Hyatts Yard and, past the gable of Zion Hall, to White Lion Yard with the roof of the Trinity Baptist Church beyond, whose

Now the canal winds past a builder's yard before petering out as the uncanalised River Chess, past the site of the old brewery and gas works.

The yard was opened in 1840 to build wooden ships, but in 1871 production was switched to building iron tramps.

Some thousand yards from the headland, Beacon Tower was a lookout built in 1674 by Sir John Clayton.

In the distance are Cartsdyke Mill and east yards, the Gravel graving dock and the entrance to the James Watt Dock.