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In 1890, 34 men of Clovelly held master's tickets, a reflection of the little port's long maritime history.

Despite the fact that coastal silt deposits have left Wells Quay on a creek over a mile from the open sea, the port was still functioning for the export of locally grown grain in 1965.

Staithes, on the north-east coast of Yorkshire, was a fishing port of some standing.

Staithes, on the north-east coast of Yorkshire, was a fishing port of some standing.

When this photograph was taken, Blakeney was still a small trading port; it could accommodate vessels of 150 tons burden to unload and load coal, oil-cake and manure at the quay.

The broad expanse of the Promenade stretching east to Sandgate is still as popular with visitors today as it was with the Victorian and Edwardian holidaymakers who visited this Cinque Port, and whose continued

Weymouth remains a busy port and ferry terminal, maintaining a link to the Channel Islands. Its harbour was dredged and improved in 1888, allowing larger ships to enter.

The main port lay north of this point, since a medieval three- arched stone bridge blocked the further passage of tall craft upstream along the River Parrett; even in the early 20th century,

Wells was a port long before it became a tourist town, as the functional harbour and large warehouses make clear.

The earlier houses built at Port Sunlight were a mixture of styles. The village had a pub, the Bridge Inn, which was designed to look like an old coaching inn, but opened as a temperance hotel.

Marlow, and Henley further up river, were important inland ports handling mainly the corn, malt and timber of the Chiltern Hills behind them.

In 1740 Mevagissey ranked fourth among the Cornish pilchard ports, which between them had built up a lucrative trade exporting millions of pilchards each year to places like Italy.

In early days Queenhithe on the north bank of the Thames was a significant port for the landing of fish and corn.

A motte and bailey castle, one of the earliest in England, was erected here soon after the Norman Conquest, for at that time Norwich was an important town and a major port.

Note the ornate machicolations adorning the tops of the gatehouse towers; there were also gun-ports at the base of the walls, obscured by bushes in this photograph.

When it opened in 1860, it was 1,200 yards long and had a landing stage where steamers from the Isle of Man, North Wales, and several west-coast ports made scheduled stops during the season.

In early days Queenhithe on the north bank of the Thames was a significant port for the landing of fish and corn.

Botley, once a small inland port, stands at the head of navigation on the River Hamble, and barges travelled upstream for corn, coal and timber until the early 20th century.

Serving both a rural area round about, and hundreds of overseas ports by way of trade, Plymouth reached its mercantile heyday in Victorian times.

The quay and the large warehouses in the background are evidence that the port was one of the most important in Wales during the early 19th century.

Axmouth, the last coastal community wholly in Devon, was an important port until its river entrance silted up.

The pride of the stationmaster at Burry Port is typical of the time - it was considered the stationmaster's duty to make the platform as attractive as possible.

This picturesque flint village was once the most significant of the Glaven estuary ports, and its old Custom House bears testimony to its prestigious past.

It runs between Wolverhampton and Ellesmere Port. It passes through delightful countryside, and maintains a level for twenty miles until it reaches Wheaton Aston.