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Motor cruisers are moored along the public bank, and a young lad is quanting (a method of propelling by means of a pole, similar to punting) a dinghy along the shallow waterway.

As a result, tanners and shoemakers set up in business along its banks.

One of the finest medieval gateways in the country, Southampton's Bargate dates back to the late 12th century.

Thurlestone takes its name from a holed, or thirled, rock just out at sea in Bigbury Bay, which was mentioned in a Saxon charter way back in 845.

Two girls play with a hoop on the banks of the Thames, not far from Staines.

One of the finest medieval gateways in the country, Southampton's Bargate dates back to the late 12th century.

This is the long, staid High Street of this small village on the banks of the river Lea viewed from the opposite direction from photograph No 81859, with the Pied Bull over on the left, and the bow-fronted

Hamworthy is on the right bank.

The school, now a museum and library, sits comfortably beneath the bank on which the parish church of St?

Its inn sits about a mile away looking out over the River Severn with its back to the road - in fact, it was originally built to serve boatmen travelling along the river, but no-one comes that way now.

Taken from a position further back than 80576 (note the arches probably added in the 19th century that have since been removed).

This scene, with its rocky riverbed and tree-clad banks, has hardly changed in a century.

The large house on the left has been built on South Back Way with a pleasant southerly aspect and a spacious garden.

The new outside market stalls which stretch along the Peel Street side and the back of the Market Hall were built in 2003 to replace the concrete umbrella market, which was demolished in 2002.

The Rashleigh Arms stands above the rock-cut cliff at the back of the dock.

The pub and shop go back hundreds of years.

Imagine the pleasure of gliding along between meadow grass and wild flowers on the banks, accompanied by the music of birdsong.

The original Norman arch dates back to about 1175, and the tower was added a century later.

Looking along George Street from Market Square, the timber-framed building and Ellis's were replaced in 1910 in Jacobean style by Market Chambers and a bank.

Just past the Midland Bank, looking north west, the elegant late Victorian shops on the left survive, although W H Smith has now moved on.

It has been pedestrianised with trees, imitation gas globe lights and CCTV, with Starbucks occupying the old Lloyds Bank building (extreme right) and an opticians shop in lieu of E J Gibbs on the corner

Looking back down towards the market square in the distance, this view shows the old High Street prior to the 1980s modernisation.

The photographer looks back down the hill past 19th-century houses towards the village centre.

Cinderford is one of the two main towns in the Forest of Dean; its name reflects its involvement in the coal mining and iron working industries of the area, whose history reaches back to