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Built between 1883 and 1890, the bridge was constructed to carry the North British Railway's main line between Edinburgh and Aberdeen.

This Victorian photograph was taken from Folly Bridge, which originally had a tower and gatehouse and was used by Roger Bacon, the 13th-century astronomer and scientist, as an observatory.

Hiring a boat from Wray's Pleasure Gardens was always popular with visitors and locals. The new bridge (1904) can be seen in the distance; it opened up the Middleton side of the river.

This fine view shows the River Taw meandering down to the Long Bridge (just left of centre), and behind the bridge the dark wooded mound of the castle, built in the 10th century.

It was always a bottleneck, and fifty years before our photograph one form of entertainment would be to sit on the low parapet of Salford Bridge, clay pipe in hand, and watch the farm carts fight their

In earlier times, before the construction of its many bridges, the Otter presented a formidable barrier to travellers, particularly when the river was in flood and its ford impassable.

Sitting beside the River Mersey, Warrington developed as an important junctin for both road and river traffic.

The elegant, high-arched Beggars Bridge at Glaisdale is dated 1619, and carries the packhorse route from Glaisdale to Whitby across the River Esk.

The bridge was a favourite place where people could stop for a chat, or simply stand and watch the world go by.

A hackney carriage and a horse-drawn cart pass under the first Waterloo Bridge.

The river near the new bridge now has rows of wooden houseboats moored along the right bank, where Wayford Farm has been developed into the Wayford Bridge Hotel.

Easily the most famous and most photographed building in Ambleside is Bridge House, a tiny one-up, one-down house constructed on a bridge over the Stock Beck.

To the north-west of the New Forest is the peaceful little town of Fordingbridge, named after the ancient ford and medieval bridge which facilitate a passage across the River Avon at this point.

The bridge spans the River Eea, which was used by the mill close by. In the 1780s the roads through Cark were minor tracks, and stepping stones were used to cross the beck.

The bridge was a favourite place where people could stop for a chat, or simply stand and watch the world go by.

Warrington owes its regional and national importance to its role as a crossing point over the River Mersey.

After a service at St Paul’s, the ageing Queen was driven in her state coach past Parliament and across this crowded bridge, escorted by her loyal troops. The bridge is decked with garlands.

The horse and cart are approaching the old packhorse bridge, which was later to be by-passed by a new road bridge.

As with many Victorian seaside resorts, Saltburn boasted elaborate, well kept, (and labour intensive) public gardens, as seen here in the Italian Gardens.

This picture, taken from the walkway of the bridge, gives us a panoramic view of the Alexandra Docks and the residential area of Pillgwenly.

The building of this extraordinary bridge was discussed in Victoria's reign, but it was not opened until 1901.

The Hand-in-Hand Fire and Life Insurance Society building stands at the junction of these two streets close by Blackfriars Bridge.

The Hand-in-Hand Fire and Life Insurance Society building stands at the junction of these two streets close by Blackfriars Bridge.

This is one of the very few medieval bridges surviving on the Broadland rivers.