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It had long been an old seafaring port but burgeoned into a sizeable town in the 19th century. It is now almost a suburb of Yarmouth.

It is known to Worcester folk as the Glover's Needle because of its slenderness and height, and because this part of town was the main gloving area when the trade still flourished.

It then evolved into a bustling sea port during the 18th century, and finally, before the tide ceased to lap against the sea wall, it developed into a fashionable seaside resort.

Then, it was a bustling port with barges moored two or three deep unloading timber and barley. A few more years earlier, there would have been the occasional sailing barge with huge brown sails.

In 1905, freight rates for coal from the Welsh ports to the Plate varied between 6s 3d and 12s per ton. The rates for grain from Australia to the UK varied between 22s 6d and 26s 3d per ton.

This romantic-looking castle, set in a bend of the River Medway, was founded in early Norman times, and rebuilt in the late 13th century by Sir Stephen de Penchester, the Warden of the Cinque Ports.

This romantic-looking castle, set in a bend of the River Medway, was founded in early Norman times, and rebuilt in the late 13th century by Sir Stephen de Penchester, the Warden of the Cinque Ports.

the council in the 1920s and named after the Flemish village where the Worcestershire Regiment made a heroic charge in October 1914, helping to save Ypres and halting the German advance on the channel ports

Fleetwood became England's principal fishing port on the west coast with a fleet to rival those of Hull and Grimsby. In this picture there are trawlers and Morecambe Bay prawners.

Bodiam is located on the River Rother and was once a port that shipped iron ingots and cannon, which were made in the area.

Originally the first of the Cinque Ports, its Saxon harbour had silted up by the late 14th century, ending its role as the chief place of embarkation for the Continent and as England's premier naval

They rose out of a rabbit warren, valued in 1824 at £50; the land was all part of the huge estate of Peter Hesketh, whose idea it was to create a town, port and watering place.

Once a main port on this part of the coast with important connections to Liverpool, this small picturesque harbour town is an attraction for sailors of a more leisurely kind these days.

New sections of waterway were linked to the River Mersey to enable ocean-going vessels to reach the new inland port of Manchester and the neighbouring Lancashire cotton towns.

Normally, the reason for this to occur would be when the ship is leaving port in such restricted water. She would take the strain on the stern rope and be warped off her berth.

It is interesting that the boatman is using an oar on the starboard side, and is watching the effect on the craft as the boy standing with both hands on the port oar takes the strain on the rowlock.

The moored steam and sailing vessel, off the tug's port bow, denotes a class of ship rapidly becoming popular at the turn the century, although incidents were recorded of sparks from the funnel

Trading from its port ended in 1922, and this heralded the start of Blakeney as a tourist centre, specialising in boating, fishing, walking, painting, bird-watching and nature study.

Nearby Patrington Haven, once a small port, was overlooked once Sunk Island was enlarged. The former Patrington RAF wartime station is now a popular caravan and leisure park.

Runcorn was also a coal port, handling traffic from Lancashire and Staffordshire pits.

Walmer was subsequently modified and converted into the official residence of the Lords Warden of the Cinque Ports - the towns of Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover and Sandwich - which were originally responsible

Brixham became a major fishing port ranking alongside Hull, Grimsby, Fleetwood, Lowestoft and Fraserburgh.

The principal export from the tiny south Cornish port of Charlestown was china clay, much of it bound for Runcorn; from there it would be forwarded on to the Potteries.

There is also very great trade for coal which they export to all the ports of Somerset, Devon and Cornwall and also to Ireland itself so that one sometimes sees a hundred sail of ships at a time loading