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Union troubles did not help the port, which in all honesty was never a great success - at best it broke even.

There was a time when Rye was considered important enough for it to be added to the original Cinque Ports along with Winchelsea.

West Bay assumed the role of port for the nearby town of Bridport, but it only acquired its present name in the 1880s with the arrival of the railway.

Pembrey, like its close neighbour Burry Port, always had an active golfing fraternity.

The busy little port of Appledore is now home to just a few fishing boats. The quay has been straightened and raised, but the houses behind are substantially unchanged.

Exmouth is still a busy little port, though merchant vessels are now outnumbered by sailing boats. A ferry crosses the Exe from here to the village of Starcross on the opposite bank.

Sixty years on, Beccles has declined as a port, with goods being carried more by road. The church is unusual in that the 92 feet high tower is actually separate from the nave.

Another view of the charming seaside town and port, this time looking to the prominent landmark, the 70 ft mound and ruined castle of 1821.

Today, the east promenade overlooks the new Ramsgate Port.

Port Isaac is one of Cornwall's least spoilt fishing villages; it grew up around the head of the sheltered harbour. There is a trading boat on the beach, either discharging coal or loading slate.

As a naval port, Plymouth has always had a large contingent of military personnel stationed around its various districts.

A large power-driven coaster lies at the jetty served by the corn store, and the letters PW on the port bow of the moored craft are the registration letters assigned to fishing boats in this

Towards the end of the 19th century, Folkestone had established itself as a thriving cross-Channel port.

Stalham was a minor port in the 19th century, as the warehouse buildings in this picture show.

In the background a ferry heads into port.

The busy port on the River Liffey, showing several steamers with smoking funnels waiting to depart and, on the right, a forest of masts of sailing ships.

In this they were aided by Port Isaac's maze of narrow streets, or 'drangs', in which they could run the excise men ragged, communicating by a series of coded knocks on the walls of adjoining houses.

A steamer rides at anchor awaiting a tug to take her into Hull, while another is just about to enter the port complex. The paddler on the right is the ferry 'Atalanta'.

It was the arrival of the railway that sounded the death knell for the old port of Haverfordwest. The South Wales Railway reached the town in 1854.

By the time of this photograph tourism is taking over from the traditional port activities of fishing and trading, and there are one or two pleasure motor boats moored in the harbour.

This photograph was taken in pre-breakwater days; Goodwick is now the port from which the Irish ferry service operates. As well as the quay there is also a railway terminus.

Portreath was once a thriving little mining port at the terminus of Cornwall's first (horse-drawn) railway.

Beccles would still have been doing important business as a port when this photograph was taken. The main claim to fame of the church in the background is that Nelson's parents were married there.

The canal was a vital link for Bingley's manufacturers with the port of Liverpool.