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been at the centre of various speculative transport schemes: there was once talk of an Islington-Wallasea railway passing this way, as well as plans to link the village to Purfleet and Battlesbridge by canal

As the volume of Warrington's road traffic increased, the constant stream of vessels on the canal brought unwelcome disruption to the local road network.

At the east end of the nave aisle and on each side of the chancel arch are large brass posts with decorated candle holders, five in all.

From there, the Kennet & Avon Canal plunges down the extraordinary flight of 29 locks at Caen Hill to the valley below.

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

This was just one lock in the long climb from the west edge of London up the Chilterns: 25 miles and 42 locks on the Grand Junction Canal (later to become part of the Grand Union), the original main transport

By the time this photograph was taken, commercial carrying in narrowboats was almost at an end; it was kept going in many cases by early canal enthusiasts, for whom working long anti-social hours in all

The town's first inhabitants were men who worked for 11 years in the 18th century constructing the Trent & Mersey Canal's nearby Harecastle tunnel.

Freshwater shell fossils, the fruits of ancient trees, and the fossilised remains of mammals can all be discovered.

Freshwater shell fossils, the fruits of ancient trees, and the fossilised remains of mammals can all be discovered.

Though there are a number of candles on the pulpit and in the chandelier suspended from the ceiling, it is likely that oil lamps would also have been used at this time.

Loaded narrow boats head north on the Grand Union Canal, their cargo concealed from both weather and prying eyes by careful sheeting.

Once linked to the Bridgewater Canal, this view was taken near to Heath Road. The pool was subsequently drained and filled in prior to the development of the later road system around Runcorn.

The construction of the Basingstoke Canal in 1794 cut through the castle's outer defences to the south.

When the Sheffield & South Yorkshire Canal was modernised in the early 1980s, several locks were re-sited and enlarged, and this was one of them.

The Shropshire Union canal was owned by a railway, the LMS, and was formed in 1864. It runs between Wolverhampton and Ellesmere Port.

The tunnels were lit only by candles stuck to the miners' broad-rimmed hats with a lump of clay.

Just a few minutes walk from here, the Leeds & Liverpool Canal links up with the River Aire and the Aire & Calder Navigation, providing Leeds with an inland waterway from the Mersey to the Humber.

Its column was cast at Stourbridge Ironworks (just a short walk away, by the canal) in 1857.

When the canal was built and linked the town with Manchester, new industries soon followed.

Black's Canal was at the western extreme of the Gidea Hall Estate.

Such was the concern in 1791, that two beacons were erected, illuminated by lanterns holding many candles; one became the lighthouse, and another stood about 400 yards north of Cart Gap.

One of its principal attractions has been its canal, especially where it spans the Dee using Thomas Telford's marvellous 121ft-high Froncysyllte Aqueduct, built in 1805.

Taken from the canal bridge, this photograph shows Bridgewater Street, looking towards Eagle Brow.