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Gweek was at one time a port of some significance at the head of the tidal Helford River, which lies between the buildings and the wooded hillside.

The dominant tower of the Port of London Authority building in Trinity Square was completed in 1922. The architect was Sir Edwin Cooper, who looked back to the pre-Great War Edwardian era.

The daughter of King Edgar the Peaceful and Lady Wulfrith, Edith was born in the village in 961, but lived most of her short life at Wilton Abbey in Wiltshire.

Shortly afterwards, the nave arcades, north aisle and the north porch, shown in the photograph, were added. During the 1860s, Sir George Gilbert Scott redesigned and rebuilt the chancel.

Heading south-east through winding country lanes, our short tour reaches Ampthill.

After that, there was a flight of 21 before a short dash to the company's base, where the cargo would be pumped out. The boats used to take a week to do the round trip of some 160 miles.

One can imagine that the group in the lower left of our picture is one of farewell after a short stay.

The girls are wearing light short dresses - quite a contrast to their Victorian and Edwardian predecessors, who wore several layers of clothes, even on the beach.

In 1634, Charles I attempted to re-establish the Scottish Episcopal Church, and St Giles's was for a short period elevated to the status of a cathedral.

In this photograph the main road looks quiet, but traffic between Leicester and Loughborough would, in a few short years, build to a crescendo through the narrow streets.

The tailor's shop to the left was shortly taken over by Fells, Cycle & Wireless dealers (see W115023 on page 38-39), who also had premises in Norfolk Street, and until recently was Belfast's linen store

A fence now hides the short castellated turret of the lodge on the road leading away from the castle.

Again, there is no doubt why this picturesque working fishing port became a popular destination for visitors.

Thorne was an important inland port linking the South Yorkshire coalfield and the River Don with the Aire and Calder Navigation and the River Humber via the Stainforth and Keadby Canal.

In 1886 Mevagissey landed 255,000 hundredweight of fish, the greatest quantity of any port in the west. The twin harbours offered vessels safe protection from storms.

The numerous fishing and work boats, which lie in an orderly way upon the mudflats awaiting the next high water, belie the fact that just a few years earlier, Newquay was a major port involved in handling

When local landowner Colonel Tomline promoted a railway and a new dock in Felixstowe, he hoped to be able to compete with the port of Harwich, across the Orwell Estuary.

The port had kept abreast of technology: massive cranes on tracks have appeared, which could lift an entire coal wagon and dump it into the ship's hold.

In the late Victorian era Newquay enjoyed brief success as a port exporting china clay. Schooners were loaded directly from the railway link to the docks, built in 1874.

Bangor's chief trade was the export of slates, mined from Lord Penrhyn's quarries at Bethesda, and carried by rail to Port Penrhyn. The quay here was 300 yards long.

Swansea's maritime tradition has always been vital to the town, and the various port extensions drove its economic development.

Darby chose the location with care; supplies of coal, iron ore, and water were readily available, and there was access to the Bristol Channel ports by way of the Severn.

Various types of working cranes add interest to the skyline, evidence of important port activities. The Dock Master's Office stands on the left, with its clock tower.

Here we have two views of the spacious harbour, opened in 1832 as the port for Canterbury, seven miles further inland.