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It was always a popular tourist village, and there were two ferries over the Ribble, Trough House and Hacking Boat.

This photograph must date from the very last days of the old horse boat, because a new steam chain ferry was introduced in 1889; one of its successors still runs.

The pier at Clevedon was opened in 1869, its light and graceful construction looking far too delicate to survive the storms that periodically wreak havoc along the coast.

The dry dock served by boat builders and repairers has half solid swing gates maintaining the level of the water.

A maintenance boat is moored on the right-hand side, and the keeper is working on the right-hand side of the second chamber.

The horses are steadied from the front by the ferryman, and the driver holds the reins in case the animals bolt: it is a chain ferry, drawn through the water by a steam-driven boat alongside, so a sudden

A coble (pronounced 'cobble') is a very ancient type of fishing boat that goes back to Viking times. It is clinker built, with a flat bottom for landing on the beach.

A bridge over the River Hull made this village an important crossroads in medieval times - pleasure boats still tie up here.

Though it passes through an industrial landscape, this canal has many quiet rural stretches where the narrow boats chug along under a dense canopy of green.

In the event, the main line from Taunton was built as a tub boat canal with a very short life, and an 11-mile stretch from Loudwells to Tiverton was built as a barge canal.

Travellers still come by boat and tie up at the riverside here.

Here we see boats from a variety of ports, including Hull and Penzance.

This view is from the Town Lock on the River Trent, which was built in 1951 to accommodate 250-ton boats; its smaller and narrower predecessor lies on the far right.

The kiosk has now been replaced by the 1980s Boat House café.

Note the capstan houses for hauling boats out of the water.

By the time of this photograph, the river was being used more and more for pleasure: streamlined boats are moored by the bank, and a canoe with its lone occupant is heading towards Lendal Bridge.

The loch itself was served by the steamers of the Loch Lomond Steam Boat Company, whose first ship, the 'Prince of Wales', was built at Port Glasgow in 1858.

This photograph somehow conveys the feel of a picturesque West Country creek, with its thickly wooded shore and little boats stranded at low tide.The scene has changed little today.

This view shows the new Maternity Unit, which opened in 1961 on a site off Cottingham Road, opposite the boating lake.

The two marinas in Lymington are at the ferry terminal and at the town quay, which has room for 100 boats.

The horse chestnuts (left) belong to the Rookery woods, while on the right is Nag's Head Island with A W H Halford's premises, the long shed-like structure, offering boats for hire.

Exeter was also the administrative centre for a part of the coast, with Sidmouth and Beer coming under its jurisdiction.

The painting even features himself lounging in a boat near the bridge. He lived his last few years upstream in Marlow and is buried in its parish churchyard by the river.

The fishermen relax on the cliff top, whilst their boats are drawn up on the beach.