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Before the creation of Ladies Island, as a result of straightening the River Stour in the 1950s, Ladies Bridge carried the footpath from Cornard Road over the river.

A bronze tablet removed from an earlier bridge reads: 'Pray for Humfrey Pakynton Esquyer borne in Stanford which payde for ye workemanshepe and makyng of this brygg the whiche was rered & made the first

On the right, a coaster can be seen berthed at R & W Paul's granary.

Field Marshal Conway's great 18th-century landscape improve- ments and garden buildings in the grounds of Park Place included the rustic boulder-bedecked bridge on the right, carrying the Wargrave

The Bear and Billet public house in Lower Bridge Street was built in 1664; until 1867 it was the town house of the earls of Shrewsbury.

Until the 1950s Middle Mill Weir occupied the centre of this view, but the bridge over the weir remains as an important pedestrian link to the sportsfields and parks on the north bank of the River.

one of those places where pedestrians took their lives in their hands, having to dodge scores of ICI workers as they freewheeled four, five, even six abreast down Winnington Hill, through the Bull Ring and

Also, there is no ramp yet up to the bridge crossing the railway line and leading to Clare House Lane – it was built in 1904.

In days gone by, steamers from the resorts of Swanage, Weymouth and Bournemouth would call in at Lulworth Cove, landing passengers either by a plank bridge - as seen here - or by rowing boat, depending

Originally called the House of Lords, this public house was enlarged by the Bridge Company when the ferry closed. It was renamed the Clayhithe Ferry in the 1880s, and by 1916 had become a hotel.

Sumptuous Victorian houseboats line the River Thames on 'Boat House Reach', close to the bridge.

Note the old footbridge and causeway to the left of the picture, now replaced by a bridge.

Three pairs of stones were driven by a water wheel, and produced 100 sacks of flour a week in 1869. The bridge over the Avon was built in 1893.

The bridge has a total length of 1,352ft, while the distance between the piers is 702ft.

In the 1960s the water gardens with their smartly trimmed lawns and rustic bridges were enjoyed by all ages.

This is the three-arched red brick medieval bridge over the River Brett at Hadleigh.

This photograph shows W H Smith & Son on the left of the picture, a few yards from the road bridge crossing the River Pang in the centre of the village.

Turning to face downstream, the Trent's washlands are seen from High Bridge.

Designed and constructed as a working tool, canals have become some of the most attractive and restful waterways in Britain.

There seems to be ample room beneath the wide arches of Llanfoist Bridge, but when the Usk floods the waters have often risen to the top of them and flooded the Castle Meadows in the foreground

A rustic bridge spans an ornamental lake in this picturesque park.

This building is the last remnant of the Tannery, and still stands east of the bridge opposite Greenaway's car park.

What appears to be a statue projecting above the Wilton Bridge is, in fact, a sundial. The clock looks in four different directions and there are metal gnomons on each face.

Thomas Telford's three-arched stone bridge dates from 1798 and cost £9000. The town is said to derive its name from 'beau lieu', or beautiful place.