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Ipswich, at the head of the Orwell Estuary, has been a major port for centuries. When this picture was taken, the port was starting to enjoy commercial success after a long period of decline.

Situated at the head of the Orwell Estuary, Ipswich has been a major port for centuries. When this picture was taken, the port was starting to enjoy commercial success after two centuries of decline.

Ipswich, at the head of the Orwell Estuary, has been a major port for centuries. When this picture was taken, the port was starting to enjoy commercial success after a long period of decline.

Dartmouth has always been a port for adventurers and plunderers. Crusaders gathered here to sail with Richard the Lionheart. Privateers left from the town to plunder French and Spanish ports.

Dartmouth has always been a port for adventurers and plunderers. Crusaders gathered here to sail with Richard the Lionheart. Privateers left from the town to plunder French and Spanish ports.

The port has seen many changes since its beginnings in the mid 1800s.

The village was once an important port on the River Adur. However, large scale silting set in when the sea level dropped and soon the port became redundant through lack of trade.

In the 1190s Rye joined the Cinque Ports federation, a group of Kent and Sussex ports that provided ships for the King's navy in return for enormous privileges.

In the middle ages the port was one of the Cinque Ports, before the sea turned to marshes. The castle was restored in the 1930s: the ivy has long gone.

In 1282, the Countess of Devon, aggrieved with the merchants of Exeter, constructed a weir across the River Exe obstructing access to the city's port.

The stone keep was built in 1170, with the stone curtain walls and improved living quarters being added shortly afterwards.

Markets and ports were an important part of the trading network during the Middle Ages. Indeed, by Domesday Arundel was already an important river port.

In the 17th century, Swanbridge was one of the numerous small ports dotted around the Glamorgan coast shipping goods to Uphill and Bristol.

Before the Great War, Amble was one of Northumberland's smaller fishing ports; the biggest catches tended to be landed at North Shields, Blyth and Newbiggin.

St Blazey is a modest town that sits inland from the port of Par in St Austell Bay.

At this time Port St Mary was still being described as a 'pleasant little fishing port and seaside resort'. The local fishing fleet was, however, in decline.

West Street 1930 This town was a considerable port in the middle ages, but the silting up of its ancient harbour led to a decline in trade.

The small tower at the far end of the church served as a mark for sailors heading for the port: it used to carry a beacon at night.

Nestling between Bradda and the lower slopes of Cronk-ny-Irree-Laa, Fleshwick Bay is less than two miles north of Port Erin and reached by way of Ballaglonney.

Now a full mile and a half from the sea, New Romney was, in the 13th century, first among the five Cinque Ports.

Once one of the most important ports west of Bristol, Fowey in 1346 was wealthy enough to contribute 47 ships and over 700 men to Edward III's blockade of Calais.

Fishing was Port Isaac's living for many centuries, and the staple was, as for so many other Cornish ports, pilchards.

When this picture was taken it is unlikely that anyone thought that the port had only a few years left. In 1846 coal exported from the Tyne ports was just over 3,250,000 tonnes.

In earlier days, this port served clippers on a specialised fruit trade. By the mid 1930s, pleasure craft had achieved greater importance.