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This is a typical example of many luxury homes built in the first half of the 20th century which enabled owners to enjoy life beside the water.

This village is less well known than the prodigious Grand Junction Canal tunnel that emerges just to the south.

A mile and a half north-east of Daventry, the Grand Junction (formerly the Grand Union) Canal cuts through the limestone ridge via the Braunston Tunnel.

Full tide brings its own burst of activity, as small passenger boats in an orderly seamanlike manner position themselves to approach the slipway.

At the time this photograph was taken, Ulverston was still a busy commercial port linked to the River Leven by the Ulverston Canal.

Market stalls were supposed to be erected and removed either side of market days, but inevitably it became easier to leave them stacked for use (left).

Work on Denbigh began in October 1282 during the second of Edward I's Welsh Wars.

The post office, that, in about 1910, replaced Mrs Crowley's premises, was in the style of Queen Anne. It is on the right with the modillioned cornice and pediment.

This substantial open space at the heart of the town is the original site of the Charter Market.

Born in Cambridge in 1882, Sir John Berry 'Jack' Hobbs was undoubtedly the world's greatest cricket batsman of his time.

By the beginning of the 20th century the national retail chains were opening branches along what was considered one of the finest streets for shopping in England.

Plans are also under way for economic developments that should benefit the privately owned port of Boston and the people and businesses dependent on it.

In this view the family businesses of Hargrave's the butcher's (right) and Trott's the greengrocer's next door are still in business, though not for much longer.

On the left is the cupola of the old Customs House. The near-empty Harbour is the result of many fishing smacks lost during the First World War; the remainder transferred elsewhere.

While staying in Gloucestershire in 1863, Lewis Carroll described the view across the Severn Vale as 'marked out just like a giant chessboard'.

This view was taken from the top of School Hill, looking across the Dee Estuary towards the Clwydian Hills. Trees now obstruct the view of Heswall parish church, whose tower we can clearly see here.

In 1901, Avonmouth was chosen by Elder & Fyffes as the UK port for their fortnightly service to Port Limon, Costa Rica.

The famous Roman Catholic seminary of Ushaw College is the main centre in the north of England for the training of Roman Catholic priests.

The 1960s were a decade of great change in Bedford's skyline.

This shows pre-war motoring at its peak, moving both ways up and down West Street, which was the A35 main road.

Back at ground level we see the buildings that grew up around the station in the 1880s and 1890s, including Horley and Sons, corn and coal merchants, Vevers and Sons, plumbers and decorators

Looking towards Blucher Street the old and admittedly somewhat run down cottages survived until Brandon's store replaced them in the 1930s, a three-storey white painted block at odds with everything

Now at ground level, Frith's 1950's photographer looks along the Market Place past the left turn into Whielden Street towards the Market Hall, with the Crown Hotel on the left with its deep porch, now

At intervals on Severn Side, both north and south, steps leading from the sandstone quays were constructed.