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Just after the end of the First World War the town suffered a serious loss with the closure of Days' Brewery.

Burials were forbidden within the town, and a plague pit was opened at the southern end of Millgate near the bridge over the Devon.

For most of the century there had been daily steamers from Belfast to Bangor, and as the holiday traffic increased the County Down Railway took over the service.

East Bridge, at the eastern end of East Street (left), was built by J and T Gale in 1784 and has been widened.

From the town bridge, we can see the sluice gates in a lowered position. The buildings behind were attached to the rear of the mill and also contained stabling.

The railway bridge is at the far end. The now-closed railway arrived in 1847, but since there were few houses, a station was not built until 1872.

The tower and spire of St Mary's church dominates the view. To the right is the Town Hall, which was originally situated over the north end of the bridge, with only a narrow arch for traffic.

Prior to this, the Old Town Hall (1780), the offices of The Hampshire Post and Pince's School obscured the view of St Peter's from the Square. In 1898 these buildings were pulled down.

Prior to the opening of the railways, considerable quantities of goods for Norwich and the villages along the way were sent up- river from Great Yarmouth.

The name of the village had an 'e' on the end until the railway company put up their sign spelt 'Gisburn', and the 'e' was forgotten.

Top Locks was the end of the Bridgewater Canal system - it had come all the way from Manchester and Worsley.

Indeed, the coaching record from Liphook to Petersfield, albeit set in the 1800s, was 23 minutes, and the Regulator coach held the London to Portsmouth unbeaten record of nine hours.

The canal was built here in 1808-14, and a narrowboat trip through the ten locks would take about an hour.

These gates were known as ports and were called the Stable Green Port (north), the Gallowgate Port (east), Brig Port (south) and Trongate Port (west).

These gates were known as ports and were called the Stable Green Port (north), the Gallowgate Port (east), Brig Port (south) and Trongate Port (west).

Some of the most notable developments of the new millennium have taken place at the Eynesbury end of the town.

The ground floor comprised a hall, a parlour, a buttery and a kitchen. Upstairs were many chambers, all magnificently furnished.

No 1 Dock, covering 73 acres of deep water, opened in 1889 and was equipped with nineteen coal hoists.

The ground floor comprised a hall, a parlour, a buttery and a kitchen. Upstairs were many chambers, all magnificently furnished.

Plans are also under way for economic developments that should benefit the privately owned port of Boston and the people and businesses dependent on it.

Just a plain wooden bridge, but it was a bridge such as this upon which Edward Thomas stood in 1915 when for a few moments he imagined himself to linger between the past and the future, or between life

We are looking downstream from the lock towards a bridge over the river by-pass channel.

The Transporter Bridge was opened on 17 October 1911 by Prince Arthur of Connaught, whose father had opened Albert Park in 1868.

Records indicate that there has been a bridge spanning the Thames at Henley since 1234.