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At the time of the Conquest, Norwich was both an important town and a major port. Control was quickly established with the erection of one of the earliest motte and bailey castles in England.

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.

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

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.

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.

This early photograph gives evidence that Boscastle was indeed a trading port, with a small schooner and smacks lying aground at half-tide.

After Weymouth harbour was dredged and improved in 1888, larger ships joined the trade routes between the town and foreign ports. Here we see a paddle steamer moored at the harbour wall.

A royal burgh and port, Irvine was, by the 1920s, a town of 7,000 inhabitants.

existence of abandoned gun emplacements, storage lockers and searchlights were reminders of how heavily defended this stretch of coastline was – it had been vital to protect the Severn Estuary and the ports

Bangor's chief trade was the export of slates, mined from Lord Penrhyn's quarries at Bethesda, and carried by rail to Port Penrhyn. The quay here was 300 yards long.

During the reign of Elizabeth I this little port also maintained about twenty small sailing boats, locally called 'hoys', which carried passengers along the coast and on the Thames.

The old de-activated gun in the foreground adds to the history of this Cinque Port town and its castle - a favourite haunt of the old Queen Mother.

During the reign of Elizabeth I this little port also maintained about twenty small sailing boats, locally called 'hoys', which carried passengers along the coast and on the Thames.

Portreath was a busy mining port in the 19th century, when sailing vessels loaded copper ore for the Welsh smelters and returned with coal for the mine engines.

Although it is 10 miles from the sea on what is now an artificial River Nene, Wisbech maintains its long tradition as a sea port.

In 1937 the first dredging operations on a commercial scale were undertaken around Port Erin.

Once an inland port, Botley stands at the head of navigation on the River Hamble. Barges travelled upstream for corn, coal and timber until the early 20th century.

Sir Arthur Wellesley, later the Duke of Wellington, lived in Castle Road in 1808, and later at Walmer Castle as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, where he died in 1852.

As one old guide book pointed out, 'To every broadsman who quants his wherry along the slow rivers, Acle Bridge is a haven or port of call.

It was opened in 1889 and became the greatest coal shipping port in South Wales, handling 11 million tons in 1913.

The old 'charas' now graced by the name of coaches brought many day trippers to our old port.

This photograph gives us a good view of some of the late-Victorian seafront developments at Port Erin.

Its original trade was as a fishing port, and 16th-century accounts tell of a great throng of boats assembling from 'around the kingdom' for the annual herring season.

The town of Poole prospered as its merchant adventurers sailed to and traded with ports across the world. It sent ships to aid Edward III's invasion of France during the Hundred Years War.