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Just getting into the picture on the right is the recently completed Becketts Bank.

Here we see workers arriving by boat at one of the ship-building yards that once dotted the eastern banks; these included the great Millwall Yards, which launched among others Brunel's 'Great Eastern'

In 1838, the writer Robert Maudie observed: 'church and the village are beautifully situated, the former close by the bank of the river'.

Back on the river, this view looks north-east from the Crowmarsh Gifford bank to Bridge House, with the remarkable spire of St Peter's Church beyond.

Note the single high-peaked mainsail: its considerable height allowed the craft to collect every last puff of wind blowing across the tree-fringed banks.

Standing on the east bank of the Thames, below the bridge, this medieval inn is noted for its cruck construction – note the large curved timbers in the gable wall – and for the fact that Jerome K Jerome

Standing on the east bank of the Thames, below the bridge, this medieval inn is noted for its cruck construction – note the large curved timbers in the gable wall – and for the fact that Jerome K Jerome

The taller building standing out from the building line is the former Westminster Bank, and the smaller building is still the Chandler's Ford Post Office.

The 17th-century Bull pub (centre left) is still there, as is the Town Hall, but two banks now stand along that side of the street.

At one time it was an important packet port for passengers travellingto Ireland, but then it too succumbed to the growing silt banks. Today the shoreline is a considerable distance away.

Beyond is High Bank, a medieval hall house.

Seen here from the south, across the bank of the small stream which flows through the village, the pale sandstone outline of St George's Church stands proudly in its churchyard.

On the left the International Stores have closed; the pinnacles beyond are on Lloyds Bank, and the gable between is Alexander's, a tailor's and outfitter's.

It is easy to understand why this quarter of South Cerney, with its squat stone cottages ranged along the banks of the River Churn, are often photographed by day trippers.

The red brick building is Lloyd's Bank, dated 1879.

Along the far bank are several grand houseboats whose owners would have enjoyed using them as a temporary riverside retreat, rather than for full-time occupation.

The site is on the banks of the river Adur about a mile from Steyning on the present A283; it made use of both a natural mound and a pre-Conquest earthwork.

Of the shops on the right, the Midland Bank is now, of course, HSBC.

The bridge is the railway bridge over the River Ribble, and we can see the far bank clearly.

The bridge is the railway bridge over the River Ribble, and we can see the far bank clearly.

We can see the Midland (HSBC) Bank to the front right and the National Provincial (NatWest) to the far left.

This view shows the tower of St Peter's Church from the now much-municipalised Reading bank. The church tower was rebuilt in 1878.

The boulders and rocks are placed strategically along the mudflats to protect the banks from sea erosion and to safeguard the houses close by. Whitby

A fire on August Bank Holiday Monday 1931 destroyed a small seaward end pavilion, erected in 1907, along with the mid-length shelters and shops.