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A small boy in a rowing boat gazes at his reflection in the waters of Windermere in this summer photograph.

Behind the rowing boat and the landing stage, sheep can be seen grazing amidst the ruins of the abbey, which was founded in the seventh century.

A fast rowing boat, a lobster pot and promenaders give an idea of how the Promenade looked in the last years of Victoria's reign.

The river above here is that which flows past the colleges, travelled on there at a much more leisurely rate by rowing boats and punts. The footbridge was built in 1892.

The row of shops and houses was built in the late 16th and early 17th centuries on the New Quay, which, as the name suggests, had only just been reclaimed from tidal mud.

The Friendship Rowing club have moved their pontoon down river from their previous anchorage, as seen in

The river above here is that which flows past the colleges, travelled on there at a much more leisurely rate by rowing boats and punts. The footbridge was built in 1892.

Separated from the main part of the town by the River Weaver, Welsh Row is, as this name tells us, the road leading towards Wales.

The Globe started life around 1280 as a row of five cottages, possibly built to house masons working on the church. Three of the cottages were converted to become the pub in 1675.

The beautiful row of thatched cottages has gone, to be replaced by a rather uninspiring three-gabled house, and uphill from it there is what appears to be a garage.

The Swan still exists with its broad slipway, though today there are no such elegant rowing boats for hire.

In the late 19th century, the writers of tourist guides such as Baedeckers considered the Rows in Watergate Street to be the poor relations of those in other parts of the city.

At first glance, this row of modern shops, named after the local Anstey Hall, has not changed since 1960; but closer inspection reveals new tenants in the shops, larger trees and flower beds, and more

Rowing boats are moored in the harbour. Following the transfer of the mail boat service to Dun Laoghaire, Howth harbour had by this time settled down to a quiet existence.

The Bowness Ferry across the narrowest part of the lake was originally a hand-rowed opera- tion. But in 1870, twenty-six years before this photograph was taken, it became steam-operated.

By this time the rowing gigs and sailing luggers were being replaced by boats with engines, some of which can be seen pulled up on the slipway.

This steep curving road is celebrated for its row of 17th-, 18th- and 19th-century cottages in tile-hung brick and stucco, which stagger uphill raised above the roadway in traditional Surrey fashion.

This view of Bamford's Main Road is largely unchanged today - the rows of semi-detached villas still line the street as it climbs up towards the parish church, hidden in the trees to the right.

A RAC or AA motorcycle rider, without his motorbike, is walking past a row of Elizabethan houses in Friday Street. Henley, with its medieval street plan, has over 300 listed buildings.

Rowing boats offering trips around the bay, boat shops drawn up on the beach and donkey rides were some of the attractions on offer at the Island.

Some ferries were nothing more than rowing boats, while a few could carry one horse-drawn vehicle.

This sleepy row of terraced cottages has, in fact altered very little, although there is no longer a post office here.

A row of white beach huts trims the foot of the cliffs like a cuff. In the distance is Cromer pier.

This valley community became the focus of a nation's grief when in 1966 Pontglas School and a row of adjacent houses were buried under a sliding coal tip.