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The Norfolk wherry was designed to sail exceptionally close to the wind, as tacking can be a hazardous if not impossible job in these narrow waterways.

Amid displaced stairs and other paraphernalia, Samuel Govier (1855-1934) shoes a horse at the forge in Broad Street, where in 1895 he had been immortalised by the American artist James

This later picture of the Belsfield Hotel emphasises its commanding position above the lake. The third storey was added when Schneider's former home became a hotel.

This ten-acre park was purchased by the council with the help of donations in 1904 from the landowner, Mrs Maynell Ingram of Temple Newsam House, Leeds.

Corn Market 1951 This classic market town is famous for its broad streets and many inns - The Black Horse can be seen on the left in the picture.

This street scene is dominated by the façade of Lewis's store, with its broad plate glass windows and imitation rusticated pillars. It must have appeared very modern when it opened in September 1932.

The River Windrush threads through Bourton, carpeted on either bank by broad greens.

This street scene is dominated by the façade of Lewis's store, with its broad plate glass windows and imitation rusticated pillars.

The east end part of the quay faces northwards with views across the flat marshes to the sea beyond.

With its broad greens, its sandy beach, the lighthouse on North Green, and its picturesque buildings, Southwold has long been popular.

Fleetwood Urban District Council started the ferry service in 1894 with two sailing boats.

Almost certainly a race or regatta is in progress, as the distinctive boats of the Royal Windermere Yacht Club pose gracefully against the wooded shoreline.

South of Lincoln a string of villages grew up along the western edge of the limestone ridge, mostly along the spring line.

Beyond the Bay Private Hotel and Madeira Cottages (left centre) are Hardown Hill, Stonebarrow Hill (centre) and Golden Cap (right). Seaward are a series of ledges.

This town, known to its inhabitants as 'Mach', is situated at the far north-west corner of Powys, so distant that it is also in the Snowdonia National Park and just ten miles from the sea.

Cobb Gate Jetty is in the foreground, dating in its present state from 1850; it is on the site of Lyme's first early medieval harbour, which was washed away on 11 November 1377 with the

This ancient town crowns the steep hill above the valley of the River Kensey. Here we see the broad market place, with its pleasing facades of 17th- and 18th-century slate-roofed buildings.

The Lifeboat Station c1960 For years it was believed that Bamburgh in Northumberland was the world's first lifeboat station when a converted coble was placed there in 1786.

Here we see two horse-drawn narrow boats, the 'Linnet' and the 'Evelyn', belonging to George Garside, at the attractively sited lock in Cassiobury Park, Watford.

The quay was built in 1830 for the men who lived in the overlooking Scotch Corner.

Teddington remained a rural farming area until the arrival of the railway in 1863. New housing and shopping facilities near the station were soon erected.

For those who could not join the Belfast Boat Club, with its tennis court and long tea-room, there was still the canal to be discovered at Stranmillis.

The Egremont ferry started in 1835 from a small pier, and was taken over by Wallasey Corporation in 1862.

Famous for its many antique shops, which line the broad High Street, Hungerford was given a fishing charter and a brass drinking-horn by John of Gaunt (the Duke of Lancaster), who granted fishing rights