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The fact that all of its manufacturing products had to be shipped through the port of Liverpool – Manchester's arch-rival – dented the city fathers' pride.

The fact that all of its manufacturing products had to be shipped through the port of Liverpool – Manchester's arch-rival – dented the city fathers' pride.

Newport began to grow as a town in the 13th century, and expanded as a port during the Industrial Revolution.

Sailing trawlers were part of a major fleet in this port until 1888, when the Great Western railway opened its large fish dock in nearby Milford Haven.

In 1771 six women arrived in Ilfracombe 'for the benefit of the air, salt water and to spend part of the summer season', and the herring port was on its way to becoming the tourist town it is today; the

This was the last flourish of Salcombe as a commercial port - by 1950 the pleasure craft had taken over.

Pwllheli was once the most important port on this coast, but in the 19th century it was eclipsed by the new harbour at Porthmadog.

As a D- Day embarkation port, Weymouth had been in the front line throughout the war.

To the south of the harbour stood the power stations and gas works, the main users of coal, which represented over half of the port's total commodities by the end of the 1950s.

The church was built in the 13th century and enlarged by wealthy Glaven port traders in the 14th century; the features, details and monuments inside are truly outstanding, even among the great wealth

cast off from the jetty; beyond, this busy reach of the River Thames is crowded with an assortment of vessels preparing either to take on river pilots for the twenty-six mile journey upstream to the Port

It runs between Wolverhampton and Ellesmere Port. It passes through delightful countryside, and maintains a level for twenty miles until it reaches Wheaton Aston.

Despite its fame as a fishing port from the Middle Ages onwards, people have lived around Brixham for some half a million years.

Axmouth, the last coastal community wholly in Devon, was an important port until its river entrance silted up.

The natural setting of this small port between cliff faces is idyllic. This picture shows how effectively it provides safe shelter for the limited number of craft it can hold.

In the 12th century, Hastings was the headquarters of the Confederacy of the Cinque Ports.

Following the decline of Steyning's port during the Middle Ages, the focus of the town shifted southwards from around the church and became centred on the junction of Church Street and the High Street.

The port facilities at Weymouth catered for vessels from the Channel Islands, with Custom House Quay beginning at Devonshire Buildings (top left).

An ancient village, Wolviston lies close to Wynyard Hall, historically the family home of the Londonderry dynasty, whose fortune came from the ownership of several collieries and a port in County Durham

Just behind the camera at the north end of the town lies Yarm Bridge, reminding us that for centuries the River Tees was navigable; Yarm operated as an important port, until it was superseded later by

As its name implies, this lovely Georgian town was once a port, though its harbour is now two miles away at West Bay.

Until about the middle of the 14th century, the town was also a port of some note, but by then the sea had begun to recede, leaving the harbour inaccessible to shipping and the river little more

It had also been an important port on the River Idle since Roman times, linking to the Humber.

South Shields was not only a port with shipyards and ship repairers; it was also a colliery town, with a pit almost in the town centre.