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Here we see workers arriving by boat at one of the ship-building yards that once dotted the eastern banks; these included the great Millwall Yards, which launched among others Brunel's 'Great Eastern'

The Red Hart yard in 1931. The public and private bars are on the left. The barn at the end of the yard has been demolished, but otherwise there has been little change.

A lad sits on his handcart on the right of this photograph, which was taken in a yard off Highgate.

On the downs above Osmington is this famous hill-figure of George III, 108 yards high and 93 yards long.

This interesting view was taken from the western side of the river from the site of today's police station, and shows many of the yards along Church Street.

One of the most spectacular is North Cleave Gut, 120 yards deep and ten yards wide, with a 350ft waterfall at its head.

This medieval inn with characteristic ranges on each side of the yard reached through the carriageway, was in fact a 15th-century house converted to an inn about 1500.

In this late Victorian view from in front of numbers 12 to 14 Minster Yard, the quality of the mainly 13th-century Gothic cathedral comes over well.

The pool had a length of just over 50 yards and a width of just 20 yards. An earlier bathing pool was built in Exmouth in 1842, offering hot and cold sea water baths.

In this late Victorian view from in front of numbers 12 to 14 Minster Yard, the quality of the mainly 13th-century Gothic cathedral comes over well.

In this late Victorian view from in front of numbers 12 to 14 Minster Yard, the quality of the mainly 13th-century Gothic cathedral comes over well.

In this late Victorian view from in front of numbers 12 to 14 Minster Yard, the quality of the mainly 13th-century Gothic cathedral comes over well.

A lad sits on his handcart on the right of this photograph, taken in a yard off Highgate.

An Old Yard off Stricklandgate 1914. One of the most engaging characteristics of Kendal is its multitude of charming side alleys and yards, such as this off the main thoroughfare of Stricklandgate.

When it opened in 1860, it was 1,200 yards long and had a landing stage where steamers from the Isle of Man, North Wales, and several west-coast ports made scheduled stops during the season.

One of the most engaging characteristics of Kendal is its multitude of charming side alleys and yards, such as this one off the main thoroughfare of Stricklandgate.

It was replaced by the present castle - more of a palace - built around Upper and Lower Castle Yards. This picture shows Upper Yard and the Bedford Tower of 1760, and is little changed today.

It is still popular, and has the truncated remains of its inn courtyard within – we see it here from the yard end of the carriageway through the building.

Here the photographer looks south-east from the East Street junction past Hyatts Yard and, past the gable of Zion Hall, to White Lion Yard with the roof of the Trinity Baptist Church beyond, whose

By 1900 it had ceased milling corn and was a timber yard and chair maker's workshop, but it burned down completely in 1912.

Now the canal winds past a builder's yard before petering out as the uncanalised River Chess, past the site of the old brewery and gas works.

The yard was opened in 1840 to build wooden ships, but in 1871 production was switched to building iron tramps. A total of 113 were built between then and the yard's closure in 1902.

Some thousand yards from the headland, Beacon Tower was a lookout built in 1674 by Sir John Clayton.

In the distance are Cartsdyke Mill and east yards, the Gravel graving dock and the entrance to the James Watt Dock.