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The canal provided a link between the navigable rivers Trent and Don, and with its opening Thorne went on to enjoy a new lease of life as an inland port.

It was to Port St Mary that the Scottish granite to be used in the construction of Chicken Rock Lighthouse was brought, and where each stone was cut and dressed to size before being taken out to the site

the Stainforth & Keadby Canal opened in 1802.The canal provided a link between the navigable rivers Trent and Don, and with its opening Thorne went on to enjoy a new lease of life as an inland port

The port of London held the absolute key to Britain's stupendous 19th-century industrial wealth.

The pier and harbour works were rebuilt after a storm in 1824, when Porthleven was developed as a trading port.

Walberswick stands at the mouth of the River Blyth just across from the moorings of Southwold, and was once, like so many of these quiet Suffolk coast villages, a thriving port.

Tarbert is a celebrated fishing port renowned for its seafood—prawns, mackerel, herring and scallops are all landed.

In the 1920s a visiting permit could be obtained from the steward at the family seat of Port Eliot, St Germans, and 'if warning be sent to the Hut, a simple meal can be prepared.'

The river's estuary has been silted up for centuries, but in medieval times a prosperous port once lined the Otter's banks.

as the reign of Edward the Confessor, Bridport was a town of considerable importance, boasting over a hundred dwellings, a priory of monks and its own mint.As its name implies, it was once the port

Later the finished article would be exported through here - in 1883 alone 50,000 tons of china goods were exported through this port.

Port Isaac made front page news in 1999 when local farmer Robert Sloman's Landrover went out of control on the steep hill behind the village.

The loch itself was served by the steamers of the Loch Lomond Steam Boat Company, whose first ship, the 'Prince of Wales', was built at Port Glasgow in 1858.

In the background are the premises of W A Gilbey, purveyors of Gilbey's invalid port, and the tea, coffee, and spice warehouse of J M Walker.

Here in the 1950s ships still pass on their way to and from the Port of London; this view is from the William Corey Promenade, as it is now called, close to the High Street.

The Reach established Bristol as the mahor port on the west coast.

It is perhaps difficult today to appreciate the port's international standing at this time.

These parishes were wealthy ports in the medieval period when the churches were built, but then suffered decline when their harbours silted up or trade decreased.

In the great days of sail, Sharpness graving dock was always busy, as most vessels calling at the port had their keels scraped before loading.

Brayford Pool, a busy inland port that connected Lincoln both to the River Trent via the Roman Foss Dyke and to the sea via the Witham, is much changed now; its warehouses are mostly replaced by offices

At the time of the Conquest, Norwich was both an important town and a major port.

Silver Street led from the Market Place to the river, which was lined by the warehouses and factories of this once busy inland port, including my grandfather’s Rose Brothers, a packaging machinery

By the time this picture was taken, Port Erin had been transformed from a fishing village into a popular resort.

Topsham, a delightful little port situated where the Exe estuary narrows, long had trading links with Holland, with the export of cloth and wool and the import of sailcloth and linen.