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Here we see a sailor about to launch his rowing boat.

Market encroachment blocks the view, with a new lane formed between it and the original plots fronting Middle Row on the right.

Behind, rows of bathing machines are ready to wheel modest bathers down to the water's edge.

The row of impressive buildings on the Marine Parade is dominated by the Zetland Hotel (centre of

A wherry with its square black sail travels up the river, while two men are rowing on the broad itself near the bundles of reeds.

The Eels Foot Inn now dispenses refreshments to visitors after their row on the broad.

The Farnham Road (curving gently to the right) has recently been widened, and a row of poplar trees removed.

The Swan still exists, with its broad slipway, though today there are no such elegant rowing boats for hire.

The Swan still exists with its broad slipway, though today there are no such elegant rowing boats for hire.

The beautiful row of thatched cottages has gone, to be replaced by a rather uninspiring three-gabled house, and uphill from it there is what appears to be a garage.

The Globe started life around 1280 as a row of five cottages, possibly built to house masons working on the church.

The fencing on the right has been replaced by a hedgerow, and the third cottage in the row is now tiled.

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.

Boats moored by the Rowing and Canoeing Club are visible on the right.

The picture shows children playing outside rows of timber-framed cottages, and adults intrigued by the prospect of being photographed.

Rowing on the river was a popular weekend activity; from here rowers could go across to the attractive Battersea Old Church, or downstream past the natural bank where Battersea Park has now been developed

A view along the north basin of the lake, including the islands of Belle Isle, Crow Holme, Maiden Holme and the two 'Lilies of the Valley'.

At this point it is easy to see how the row of shops has been built forward onto the waste.

Beyond lies 'Banker's Row' - the location of the Westminster, the National Provincial, Lloyds and Barclays Banks.

The Swan still exists, with its broad slipway, though today there are no such elegant rowing boats for hire.

Behind the rowing boat and the landing stage, sheep can be seen grazing amidst the ruins of the abbey, which was founded in the seventh century.

A fast rowing boat, a lobster pot and promenaders give an idea of how the Promenade looked in the last years of Victoria's reign.

The river above here is that which flows past the colleges, travelled on there at a much more leisurely rate by rowing boats and punts.

A small boy in a rowing boat gazes at his reflection in the waters of Windermere in this summer photograph.