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This photograph shows Pier Gap prior to the building of the 'Venetian Bridge'.

This view is slightly upstream of the locks that give access to the Staffordshire and Worcester Canal. The area in the foreground is today a large amusement park.

Stand on the toll bridge by Eling Tide Mill, where this photograph was taken, and you will see that the tall chimney on the left has gone, as have many of the other industrial units seen in this photograph

The River Teme rises in the Kerry Hills of Radnorshire and flows through 75 miles of beautiful countryside before it meets the River Severn just south of Worcester.

The bridge in the foreground has been rebuilt, and many more trees have grown and matured along the banks of the stream.

A vessel passes close to Walton Locks and Warrington Wharf before negotiating the Chester Road Swing Bridge.

A young boy stands thoughtfully on the Long Bridge, which spans Cuckoo Weir. Across the meadow you can see the spire of Clewer Church.

This inn, situated on Buckland Marsh near Tadpole Bridge, is very popular with those walking the Thames Path National Trail. It is about one and a half miles from the main village.

North and South Promenades had undergone great changes by this date. Ashton Gardens, mainly provided by Lord Ashton, were formerly St George's Gardens.

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.

We are looking towards Ouse Bridge with South Esplanade on the right.

The Aylesbury arm of the Grand Union departs from the main line at Marsworth, and has some 16 locks in 6 miles, very narrow and not for the faint-hearted.

Here boats are moored on the estuary of Eling Creek with its causeway and centuries-old toll bridge. The causeway encloses water for Eling Tide Mill, visible in the distance.

Plymouth and Devonport were served by a number of ferries, including these wonderful steam-powered, chain- guided floating bridges on the Torpoint service, which were capable of carrying wheeled vehicles

Flat-capped fishermen enjoy a chat and a view of the Lower Harbour by the swing bridge (right) in the ancient port of Whitby, situated where the River Esk runs into the North Sea.

The photographer in this instance was looking across to the south bank, recording for posterity a scene which no longer exists: only the bridge survives.

Sawley Bridge Marina, on the Sawley Cut of the River Trent, south of Long Eaton, was already starting to cater for the ever-increasing boating trade when this photograph was taken in the mid-50s.

Here were clipped green lawns and exquisite quadrangles.The fortunate few could enjoy a few precious moments away from the bustle of the city streets above.

This village is popular with visitors to Broadland, with St Catherine's Church and its beautiful hammer-beam roof and painted rood screen dating from 1493.

A small caravan site and the Cartford Hotel flank the approach to the Cartford toll bridge, which was built across the Wyre in 1831.

THE BANK HOUSE AND MOTEL c1965. Bransford's original bridge over the River Teme was built by a local cleric, Bishop Wulstan de Bransford, in 1338.

She was 80 feet long and 11 feet 6 inches in the beam, and was launched at Newby Bridge in 1843. Lady was paddle-driven – this was necessary because of the shallow river waters.

Photographed in the year it was built, this church had seating for 800 people, and a commodious schoolroom at the back.