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With the silting up of the River Dee and the decline of Chester as a port in the early 19th century, Neston began to thrive as a market town and coaching station.

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

One was the gap between the Blackdown and Brendon Hills, and the other was the coastal route, which used the old ford at Axmouth; this was part of the Roman Fosse Way, which ran all the way to Lincoln.

Originally the first of the Cinque Ports, its Saxon harbour had silted up by the late 14th century, ending its role as the chief place of embarkation for the Continent and as England's premier naval

It is known to Worcester folk as the Glover's Needle because of its slenderness and height, and because this part of town was the main gloving area when the trade still flourished.

In 1905, freight rates for coal from the Welsh ports to the Plate varied between 6s 3d and 12s per ton.

It had long been an old seafaring port but burgeoned into a sizeable town in the 19th century.

Then, it was a bustling port with barges moored two or three deep unloading timber and barley.

It then evolved into a bustling sea port during the 18th century, and finally, before the tide ceased to lap against the sea wall, it developed into a fashionable seaside resort.

When the Duke of Gordon held the castle for James VII during the 'Long Siege' of 1689, there would have been few, if any, buildings between the fortress and the port of Leith.

This picture looks westwards down the north side of West Street, with its lollipop limes, from the Post Office to Victoria Grove (right of centre).

The river has long been used for boats trading upstream and, more importantly, downstream, where the Stour links up with the River Severn and thus with the ports of Gloucester and Bristol.

It is strange to think that this quiet place was once an important centre for shipping—it even tried to compete with Holyhead as the Irish mail-packet port.

The Commercial Hotel provides an interesting backdrop to part of this port's fishing fleet, lying easily at their moorings.

King's Lynn flourished into one of richest ports in the land in medieval times.

A port at the mouth of the Arun, and once a Tudor royal shipyard, the old town runs east from the river bank.

Unlike King's Lynn, which remained predominantly a port, Great Yarmouth was able to embrace the functions of both port and holiday destination, with its harbour channel to the west and its holiday

One of the premier ports of England in the Middle Ages, Lyme had long been declining in importance, though it was still important enough to be rebuilt in Portland stone after devastating damage

It was once a significant coastal packet port, and sloops and other vessels were built on the narrow shore.

The story of the demise of Dunwich, in medieval times a prosperous port until the ravages of the North Sea gradually demolished its soft, sandy cliffs, is one of the most romantic of the Suffolk coast.

To the right is the Gun Garden, where prize firings of cannon were held every year by the Cinque Ports Volunteer Artillery in the 1860s during the French invasion scares of that decade.

This quaint inland port was built originally for Roman galleys to service Richborough in the face of a receding shore line.

Pembroke was also an important port and quays can still be seen under its walls.

Ryde is the nearest Island port to the mainland, and a speedy crossing was usually guaranteed.