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Conwy was once an important port with a major fishing fleet. There are mussel beds at the mouth of the river, while freshwater oysters found upstream have been famous for their pearls.

These houses would have been built when Bangor the port had to deal with a constant stream of sailing ships bringing in coal and limestone and carrying away lead and copper ore, along with locally-made

The letters SS denote a boat registered in the port of St Ives. The midships wheel, lying fore and aft, was used to make easier the back-breaking task of hoisting sails.

An open two- masted lugger lies port side to the jetty. F r a n c i s F r i t h ' s P i c t u r e s q u e H a r b o u r s

It was once the leading port on the river, and it was from Newnham that Henry II sailed with a fleet of 400 ships and 5,000 soldiers on an expedition to Ireland in 1171.

Things came to a head in 1706 when the Excise launched a full investigation of the port over alleged customs avoidance.

Many were employed on scheduled feeder runs between small harbours and the big ports; others traded in the 'go anywhere for any cargo' world of tramping.

Holyhead is best known as the ferry port for Ireland, and stands on Holy Island, linked by a causeway to the Isle of Anglesey.

It closed in 1990, and for a short while was an antiques shop which only opened on Friday afternoons. The property is now a private residence.

Built in flint, it is notable for its very short west tower and shingled broach spire.

Although it is ten miles from the sea on what is now an artificial River Nene, Wisbech maintains its long tradition as a sea port.

Two schooners plied a busy trade with London in the middle of the century, but by 1870 competition from the railway had killed off the fledgling port.

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

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.

On another occasion a wine merchant shared a bottle of port up there with the editor of the 'Worcester Chronicle'.

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.

The church of St Chad, with two bells hanging in its open belfry, stands a short distance down the lane opposite the Fenwick Arms.

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.

No longer England's second port, Bristol was still busy handling imports for the west of England.