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Now known as the Shropshire Union Canal, the Ellesmere Canal was built at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries. The system linked the River Dee with the Mersey, the Trent and the Severn.

The area at the front of the Market Hall became a favourite meeting place with its wide pavement, seats and sunny aspect. Proximity to the bus station kept this area busy.

At one time there were, ferries to New Brighton, Egremont, Seacombe, Birkenhead, Rock Ferry and Eastham, and before the tunnel opened, vehicle ferries also ran to Seacombe and Birkenhead.

The Market Place at Ripon is still the scene of the daily 'Setting the Watch' ceremony, when the city Wakeman blows his ancient horn at 9pm to announce that the city is now in his care.

Ruswarp, standing at the tidal limit of the River Esk, was at one time as important a port as neighbouring Whitby, and a mill was mentioned here in the Domesday Book.

Double-decker buses still plied in and out of Selby's bustling Market Place at this time.

At first, Basildon's schools were insufficient to house the surge of New Towners. For some of the primary-age children, there were places in existing schools at Vange and Pitsea.

A boy stands on the old slipway into the sluice. At high tide the basin would fill; it was then emptied through an opening at the other end, keeping the harbour free of silt.

Commissioned by Archbishop Laud, the ragstone church stands at the centre of this lovely village, and according to an inscription over the porch's inner door it was originally built in 1649.

The Aylesbury arm of the Grand Union departs from the main line at Marsworth, and has some 16 locks in 6 miles, very narrow and not for the faint-hearted.

This prosperous small town witnessed a day of rioting on 22 May 1822. Local people gathered in protest at starvation wages and atrocious working conditions.

Here we see a knife grinder at work in this atmospheric picture of a deserted Hartfield. It is a delightful village on the northern edge of Ashdown Forest above the river Medway.

This fine study of a horse and cart at Handley Pond portrays a rural scene that could have been observed at any period during the last several centuries.

This is one of Exmouth's two bowling greens - the other is at the back of the town at Phear Park. The high ground beyond is Gun Cliff Gardens, off Carlton Hill.

These are the gaunt Victorian lines of the Coastguard Station at West Bay, looking eastwards towards East Cliff, with Rocket Houses seaward from it (right).

A welcome stop for many a traveller, including the journalist William Cobbett who in 1822, recorded “at Binfield I stopped to breakfast at a very nice country inn called The Stag and Hounds”.

The archway on the left led to Heacham Hall. John Rolfe of the Hall married the Indian princess Pocahontas in Jamestown, Virginia in 1614, and brought her back to England.

Formby was once a fishing village, but the sea has receded at a number of places along the west coast (as at Southport), leaving the town two miles inland from Formby Point.

Finedon has had a market charter since at least 1294 and the older part of the town, pictured here, lies at the west end.

The River Dee rises at Bala, and makes an 80-mile dash for the sea, sweeping through a dangerous switchback of rapids and rocks to Llangollen.

Here we see a busy scene at the height of the tourist season. Carriages come close to bursting at the seams with passengers.

With a beautifully attired young lady at its centre, this photograph brilliantly captures the fin de siecle elegance of the seafront.

Kelham Hall was designed by Sir Gilbert Scott to replace an earlier structure destroyed by fire in the late 1850s.

There is never a shortage of children to enjoy the sandy delights of Dymchurch beach. This fashionable holiday destination was home at this time to the Great War artist Paul Nash.