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It is said locally that its top was cut off and removed in the 19th century to Culbone, where a short shingled spire rises from the nave roof (see picture 82194).

The 15th-century tower with flushwork battlements and pinnacles had a short spire until 1845. The clock dates from 1841, and the bell hangs above the tall stair turret.

Shortly after its completion, Lexden House on the right was occupied by Rees's builder Mr Smith, and today it retains many of its original architectural features and details.

market is crowded.The very loading of these wagons is a wonder, and the wall-like regularity with which cabbages, cauliflowers and turnips are built up to a height of some twelve feet is nothing short

These made-up foundations are the reason for the subsidence that afflicted the Museum shortly after opening, as evidenced by the badly misshapen windows at the front of the building.

Note the refreshment rooms (now a house) on the right, and the boy in shorts in the centre of the photograph.

The canal was still busy, with a barge taking coal loaded into a series of 'Tom Puddings' - short containers that can be coupled together in any length.

Behind the photographer is the very large Broadoak Park, home of the Worsley Golf Club; the short road leading to the clubhouse is called Stableford Avenue.

Just a short trot from here is a stone memorial at the spot where jockey George Stevens, who in Victorian times won the Grand National five times, died after falling from a horse he was

On the opposite corner is Thomas, the tailors and hosiers; shortly after this photo was taken it became the Biglis Dairy. On the opposite side of the road is the entrance to Barry Docks.

Farningham is just a short distance from Eynsford, set at another pretty crossing of the Darent between ridges of chalk hills.

Reedham, in the broad, silent expanses of the Yare valley, was once a thriving North sea port. The chain ferry pictured offers the only passage across the Yare between Norwich and Yarmouth.

As well as having one of the most important markets in the South Hams, Kingsbridge was also a thriving port.

Littlehampton was a thriving port during the Middle Ages, when stone from Normandy was landed here in order to construct many of the county's churches and castles.

Once a proud member of the medieval Cinque Ports, various attempts to revive the town as a seaside resort half succeeded.

Brixham fishing smacks were built in a style peculiar to this port. Paignton

Although there were plans to make it a major port for journeys to Ireland, it was never connected to the railway network, but it became a popular holiday resort from the 1870s.

The five-columned porte-cochere survived; it stood for a few years in the middle of what became a caravan park, until put out of its misery by the demolition men in 1964.

This scene shows the view from near what is now the garden centre, and is somewhere near the site of the port of times past - the tide is now held back by the railway.

This scene shows the view from near what is now the garden centre, and is somewhere near the site of the port of times past - the tide is now held back by the railway.

The castle ruins lie on the River Neb; the castle once protected this port entrance on the west side of the island.

Bideford, two miles up-river from Appledore, is now the main commercial port in the area.

The ports of East Anglia have suffered continual erosion down the centuries.

Port Skillion at the foot of Douglas Head was reached by ferry from the harbour, fare 1d, and was used by gentlemen only for open-air bathing.