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This splendid view of the High Street as it ascends the hill towards the Guildhall was taken from the Town Bridge crossing the River Wey.

There were numerous tolls (it cost 5d for an adult corpse to cross the bridge!).

Museum Terrace, just to the left of the iron bridge in New London Road, was built in the 1840s.

This photograph was taken from the new bridge looking towards the old bridge, which is built of the local Quarella stone and dates from the early 15th century.

Trams are no longer crossing the bridge at the time of this photograph, but cyclists and pedestrians are well in evidence, and cars have now started to appear.

The Grand Union was created in the 1920s from a network of independent canals linking London with the industrial towns of the West and East Midlands.

The medieval river bridge was replaced by the Improvement Commissioners set up by Act of Parliament in 1803.

Stramongate Bridge was also known as Miller or Mill Bridge, because it linked the mills on the eastern bank of the River Kent to the 'Auld Grey Town' on the other bank.

There are two massive bridges in the town, and before the line east reaches another viaduct at Golcar, it passes over these smaller seven arches opposite the town of Linthwaite.

This finely-composed study shows the Afon Bowydd, the road bridge, the railway bridge, the ranks of terraces of Blaenau, and the mountains beyond.

Bakewell Bridge has coped with ever-increasing traffic for six centuries, and remains one of the finest 14th-century town bridges in the country.

The bridge is the Thetford Town Bridge, a cast-iron structure that dates from 1829.

This ancient borough and market town is most famous for its fine-grained granite, which was used in the construction of Waterloo Bridge.

This is an early view of the bridge from the town side.

The masts of sailing ships are visible beyond the bridge, and a fine collection of rowing boats can be seen around the boathouse.

In the early years of the 19th century, there were only 93 houses in the town.

Just behind the camera at the north end of the town lies Yarm Bridge, reminding us that for centuries the River Tees was navigable; Yarm operated as an important port, until it was superseded later by

A view across the town taken from above the Tilmore railway bridge.

Forever associated with its famous International Eisteddfod, Llangollen stands on the River Dee, seen here from the four-arched town bridge.

An ancient town situated on the River Cleddau, it has succumbed to modernisation in recent years.

In the 18th and 19th centuries, Cark was a busy mill town.

We are looking towards Telford's bridge.

This view looks up Highbridge Street from the river bridge to the Abbey church and its impressive 16th-century west tower.

Down past the latticed railway bridge is the new road over the bridge to Middleton.