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In the days when trading wherries plied their way up and down the rivers, transporting goods from the East Coast sea ports, or from one town to another, Beccles was a thriving port.

In the days when trading wherries plied their way up and down the rivers, transporting goods from the East Coast sea ports, or from one town to another, Beccles, set alongside the marsh-lined River Waveney

Its situation, opposite the Essex port of Tilbury, led to its becoming the pilot station for the Port of London; at the time of this photograph it was still the world's busiest port.

Its situation, opposite the Essex port of Tilbury, led to its becoming the pilot station for the Port of London; at the time of this photograph it was still the world's busiest port.

Axmouth was once a considerable port, and boats navigated the River Axe as far as Colyton.

The little harbour of Burry Port was in times past a busy export terminal for tin and fine anthracite coal.

Grimsby is a major port, lying at the southern entrance of the River Humber.

Though called Manchester Docks, most of the port was in fact in Salford; only the Pomona wharfs, which handled coastal vessels and short sea routes, were in Manchester.

Even so, the city remained the customs port for Rhyl and the Deeside ports, and ships belonging to John Summers & Co were registered at Chester, though it is unlikely that they ever came up the river.

Grimsby is a major port, lying at the southern entrance of the River Humber.

A few improvements have been made in the ten years since the previous pictures of Port Soderick were taken.

The town was built on the coal industry, as were many in South Wales; Porthcawl was a coal port in the 19th century, but it declined in the face of competition from Barry and Port Talbot.

A horse stands placidly alongside cargo barrels, whilst its carter sorts out the traces.

The village was once an important port on the River Adur.

The modern Milford Haven grew in the 1790s and the port was to cater for the needs of the whaling ships, as they brought their cargoes here to be processed in blubber oil.

It was for centuries an important port, and sailing ships plied up the meandering course of the Urr to unload their cargoes, many having to be towed by teams of horses.

Grimsby was once the world's largest fishing port, but the 'cod wars' ended that.

In the background are the 'stepped' houses on Port Hill, which leads from Cowbridge up to Bengeo.

The Cinque Ports Arms is a reflection of the fact that Margate was a member of the Cinque Ports attached to Dover.

The valleys' canal systems developed throughout the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and led to the development of Newport as a port.

The fortress, named Anderida, was built in the 4th century AD as one of the Saxon Shore Forts to defend Roman Britannia from Saxon raiders.

Markets and ports were an important part of the trading network during the Middle Ages.

In the 17th century, Swanbridge was one of the numerous small ports dotted around the Glamorgan coast shipping goods to Uphill and Bristol.

, these packet boats conveying passengers across the Channel to the coast of France some twenty-six miles away transformed Folkestone from a small fishing village into a major entry and departure port