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Along this stretch of the river, the tan-sailed barges carrying cargoes of paper and timber, and the 'stumpies', or narrow boats, used to convey bricks from the kilns down river, were once a familiar

The barge in the photograph, its sail furled, is loaded with straw.

Now defunct, it originally carried barge-towing horses to the opposite towpath; later it became more of a leisure ferry to Cliveden House on the plateau above.

It was also known as 'the Barge River' for a time.

Church Street leads from the Market Square down to the Lancaster Canal, where a basin facilitated the handling of cargo on and off the barges.

Here we see a barge loaded down with hay, with the two horses taking a break as the photographer creates his picture.

The shallow-draught Thames sailing barge aground on the sands dominates this photograph, taken from the foot of the Elizabethan stone jetty.

From here anything up to a 1000 tons a day was taken by barge to mills along the reaches of the upper Severn.

One of the sailing barges that used to work the coast and the River Orwell is laid up at the water's edge.

The diagonal chute pours milled grain straight into barges and wherries.

Redundant barges, relics from the D-Day landings, were filled with concrete and sunk to extend the slipway.

To the right is the 'Lord Warden' sailing barge, and behind her is the old fish market, which was destroyed in World War I.

Here we see a barge loaded down with hay, with the two horses taking a break as the photographer creates his picture.

The warehouse on the right is now the Riverside Free House, but it and the dock reflect the commerce that made Lechlade a prosperous medieval town, where wool and cheese were loaded onto barges for shipment

The furthest boat is a steam-powered tug, which will move the immaculate coal-laden barge.

The shallow-draught Thames sailing barge aground on the sands dominates this photograph, taken from the foot of the Elizabethan stone jetty.

Along this stretch of the river, the tan-sailed barges carrying cargoes of paper and timber, and the 'stumpies', or narrow boats, used to convey bricks from the kilns down river, were once a familiar

The final cargo of corn arrived by barge from Hull in September 1931.

Opposite are the early 18th-century Red Lion Cottages, which have the same barge boards as the pub.

The canal was still busy, with a barge taking coal loaded into a series of 'Tom Puddings' - short containers that can be coupled together in any length.

In 1669 the course of the Little Ouse was cut and extended to Thetford, enabling barges to ply for the first time between the country towns of the region and the port of King's Lynn.

This is a characteristic scene: the reeds are stacked alongside old farmhouses and cottages waiting to be taken away by wide flat-bottomed craft such as wherries and barges.

Barges plying the Medway once tied up here.

Note how low barges could come up under the mills for unloading and refilling.