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The vessel was not a regular visitor to the port and could have been here on charter.

The town was once a shipbuilding centre and the chief port of Merioneth, with a large trade in flannel and knitted stockings. Today, the Three Peaks Race starts here.

Here we see the 'Finland' in Number 6 Dry Dock.The vessel was not a regular visitor to the port, and could have been here on charter.

The town grew up astride what was the most important road in medieval England, that between London and Chester, at that time the principal port for Ireland.

Penny Bridge over the River Crake was a creek port under the control of Lancaster; there was a quay by the bridge.

Following the Norman invasion of 1066, Southampton became a key port, and the walls and other buildings are a permanent reminder of Southampton's wealth and prosperity in those days.

The vessel was not a regular visitor to the port, and could have been here on charter.

The five-columned porte-cochere survived; it stood for a few years in the middle of what became a caravan park, until put out of its misery by the demolition men in 1964.

For centuries, the Trent has been a water highway, carrying cargo up from the North Sea coastal ports. The bridge (right) is listed as an Ancient Monument.

Port Skillion at the foot of Douglas Head was reached by ferry from the harbour, fare 1d, and was used by gentlemen only for open-air bathing.

Bideford, two miles up-river from Appledore, is now the main commercial port in the area.

The castle ruins lie on the River Neb; the castle once protected this port entrance on the west side of the island.

The ports of East Anglia have suffered continual erosion down the centuries.

Although there were plans to make it a major port for journeys to Ireland, it was never connected to the railway network, but it became a popular holiday resort from the 1870s.

This scene shows the view from near what is now the garden centre, and is somewhere near the site of the port of times past - the tide is now held back by the railway.

This scene shows the view from near what is now the garden centre, and is somewhere near the site of the port of times past - the tide is now held back by the railway.

Within the short span of 40 years (1220AD-1260AD) the Cathedral was built uniquely in one Gothic style, Early English.

Notice the rose window above a set of stained glass windows and the very unusual round tower with its tall slender windows, and its short canopied roof leading to a bell turret and tall steeple

Shortly after its completion, Lexden House on the right was occupied by Rees's builder Mr Smith, and today it retains many of its original architectural features and details.

The 15th-century tower with flushwork battlements and pinnacles had a short spire until 1845. The clock dates from 1841, and the bell hangs above the tall stair turret.

It is said locally that its top was cut off and removed in the 19th century to Culbone, where a short shingled spire rises from the nave roof (see picture 82194).

In the late Victorian era Newquay enjoyed brief success as a port exporting china clay. Schooners were loaded directly from the railway link to the docks, built in 1874.

In 1886 Mevagissey landed 255,000 hundredweight of fish, the greatest quantity of any port in the west. The twin harbours offered vessels safe protection from storms.

When local landowner Colonel Tomline promoted a railway and a new dock in Felixstowe, he hoped to be able to compete with the port of Harwich, across the Orwell Estuary.