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When the Duke of Gordon held the castle for James VII during the 'Long Siege' of 1689, there would have been few, if any, buildings between the fortress and the port of Leith.

The projecting sign (right of centre) is for the Port Bredy Guest House. Opposite, under the Esso sign (left), Bridport Motor Company Ltd held dealerships for Morris, Daimler, Wolseley and Lanchester.

The Commercial Hotel provides an interesting backdrop to part of this port's fishing fleet, lying easily at their moorings.

A port at the mouth of the Arun, and once a Tudor royal shipyard, the old town runs east from the river bank.

King's Lynn flourished into one of richest ports in the land in medieval times. Cargoes of wool, cloth from Flanders, and timber from the Baltic crossed into England here.

It is strange to think that this quiet place was once an important centre for shipping—it even tried to compete with Holyhead as the Irish mail-packet port.

There were schemes to turn Seahouses into one of the principal fishing ports in the north-east, and on the strength of this the privately-sponsored North Sunderland Light Railway was constructed.

After 1850, the arrival of the railway revived the port to its present bustle.

Saltfleet lies just behind the dunes, but is a remnant of the medieval town and port a little further east, long washed away by the sea.

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

We see behind the dock a busy little port, though it was mostly used by coasters and Irish cargo boats.

Boston, Botolph's Town, was laid out along the banks of the River Witham some time around 1100, within the parish of nearby Skirbeck, and rapidly became a great port, although it only received its first

Porthleven was developed as a port to serve the mining industry, but the expected traffic in mineral ore never materialised. Nevertheless, it gave good shelter to a fishing fleet.

The perfect little port with its floating dock is surrounded by cottages, and the outer harbour is enclosed by breakwater piers.

Set on the south coast of the Lleyn peninsula, at the mouth of the Penrhos river, it was once a thriving commercial port; but the sea threw a sandbank across the mouth of the Afon Erch, causing the maritime

This substantial civic building was the gift of a local J P, and befits a leading Irish port serving the daily Royal Mail run to Stranraer.

Though the castle was enlarged by Richard, Duke of Gloucester, its career as a fortress was short.

Today, the increase in size of vessels has led to a new port being created down-river at Avonmouth. Visiting ships now miss this magnificent suspension bridge.

The effects of the naval blockade by the North on Confederate ports caused severe distress and hardship amongst British mill workers.

Fishermen from all over Devon and Cornwall worked the cod stocks of the Grand Banks, and Topsham sent more ships across the Atlantic than any other port.

South Hawes later became known as South Port, which eventually became Southport.

From here signals were sent by raising various flags into the port at Liverpool, so that ship owners could be made aware of their vessels' arrival.

The huge Canadian vessel 'Port Royal Park', driven broadside into the pier during a gale, inflicted structural damage so severe that demolition was considered.

road tend to detract from the architectural riches of the fine Tudor, Georgian and Victorian buildings that adorn this spacious street; they are evidence of Faversham's hey-day as a branch of the Cinque port