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The origins of these craft are obscure, though some their features could suggest a Danish influence.

There was also the Thistle shipyard, which closed in the 1930s but was reopened during the Second World War for the construction of landing craft.

The Institute and Reading Room, built in an eclectic Arts and Crafts style, recalls the contribution to that Movement made by local protagonists like John Ruskin, Albert Fleming, W G Collingwood and

These post- gale craft have small cuddy decks forward. This late 19th-century improvement afforded the fishermen some protection from the weather.

Boating is a popular pastime, and the river is used by a variety of pleasure and competitive craft.

Today it comprises blocks of executive apartments overlooking the pleasure craft moored in Buckden Marina.

Shugborough Hall, Lord Lichfield's house, is behind the trees to the left; the small building on the towing path is now a craft shop.

Each man takes water pressure on the oars, thus easing the craft gently around the exit. The boat is possibly a Fowey- registered gaffer. Fowey

However, from the 1880s its most frequent use was for pleasure craft, as we see here.

Here we see a simple, well-proportioned range of three-storey shops and flats of around 1890, with their fine sensitively-crafted pilastered fronts.

Close by, in Private Road, is a house of some architectural significance designed in the Arts and Crafts manner by Arthur Macmurdo for his brother.

A traditional Farmers' Market in still held here every third Tuesday in the month, selling local and award-winning specialities, seasonal produce and distinctive crafts.

The mill outbuildings have been converted into craft workshops where an artist, a potter, a blacksmith, a jeweller, a wheelwright, a mason and a carpenter may be seen at work.

Peeping behind the pump cover is the unique timber-framed Village Hall - a monument to the Arts and Crafts movement.

With its reinforced concrete and glass structure disguised by brick facings and gabled pavilions, it resembles an updated version of the Arts & Crafts style of architecture.

Shugborough Hall, Lord Lichfield's house, is behind the trees to the left; the small building on the towing path is now a craft shop.

Today, the roads are busy and congested, whilst the river continues on its silent way, witnessing only the occasional pleasure craft.

Built in 1884, its architect was Edward Schroeder Prior (1852-1932), an adherent of the Arts and Crafts movement.

Quarrying, hand nail making, clog making and top-hat making have all gone, but one craft remains: swill (basket) making.

To the north, the National Society for Epileptics, informally grouped round Arts and Crafts style houses and cottages, started in 1895 and still going strong.

However, of considerable interest is St Anselms Church, Westfield Park, with its superb Arts and Crafts glass by Louis Davis.

The quay is busy today with pleasure craft, rather than the commercial traffic of the past.

After the turn of the 19th century, Glasson Dock was used more and more by pleasure craft.

These two views both feature the fine Georgian river bridge and the southern part of Riverside, sometimes called Thames Side; by this date it was solely used for mooring and hiring pleasure craft,