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The pedestrian route to Shugborough still passes down the lane, beneath the railway bridge of 1848, over the canal and across Essex Bridge.

A small canal runs through the back of the town on its way to the River Stour. Little in this picture has changed today.

Although a seemingly idyllic view of the canal, what this picture cannot show is the stagnant state of the water, caused by silting and the rubbish thrown in by householders and businesses along the waterway

What is now a short arm and extensive marina moorings was once the main line of the Oxford Canal.

Here the railway, canal and Holyhead Road (A5) run beside the river amid the Berwyn Mountains, a wild heather-clad upland. King's Bridge spans the river on the left of the picture.

The hamlet of New Mill grew up near the canal north of Tring around Tring Mill, now Heygate Flour.

The Lancaster canal runs nearby, dug out by navvies in 1797. Tom Rowe, the Lancashire cheese factor, lived at York House in Bilsborrow.

Hidden beyond it is the Thames and Severn Canal, and then the railway. Behind the viaduct on the left is Bourne Mill, formerly used by H S Hack to produce walking sticks.

A ditch ran alongside the building until the 1850s, which was intended to link Southampton with the Andover Canal and the River Test.

This development, of course, meant the demise of the canals.

The Leeds/Liverpool Canal and the railway both increased access to new markets across the Pennines and down to the south.

New Canal street commemorates one of the many open waterways which ran through the medieval streets until the 19th century.

The Kennet & Avon was a working canal when this picture was taken. Today, the only boats you will see are recreational ones.

This is probably the longest-lived operational horse-drawn trip boat on the canal system.

The two Bittell Reservoirs, the Worcester and Birmingham Canal and some pleasant countryside are all just a short stroll away for the lane`s residents.

Being on the far side of the Lancaster Canal from the centre, the school was considered to be out in the country, and the air was good for the boys.

Sited beside the main north road, the pub has always been a busy place, with the canal and, later, the railway also bringing their trade. The former nearby station took the name of Roebuck.

Carnforth's industries of sand and gravel extraction and iron smelting depended upon the Lancaster Canal and later the railway, when an important junction between the north-south and east-west

The intended junction for the Staffs & Worcs Canal and the River Severn was to have been at Bewdley, but the locals objected.

Bypassed by the Bridgewater canal, the cobbled village centre has retained much of its quaint atmosphere. Perhaps Frith's photographer sought refreshment at the imposing sandstone Ram's Head Hotel.

This is where the Worcester and Birmingham Canal was joined to the River Severn in 1815.

The village of Braunston lies on a hill overlooking a picturesque stretch of the Grand Union Canal, one of Britain's most famous inland waterways.

The canal was closed, except for the Bude section, in 1891.

Just a few minutes walk from here, the Leeds & Liverpool Canal links up with the River Aire and the Aire & Calder Navigation, providing Leeds with an inland waterway from the Mersey to the Humber