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This packhorse bridge is one of the finest examples in England.

The wall on the left, on which the child is sitting, is known as New Quay, and the flight of steps leads to Victoria Place, built at the same time as the bridge in 1837.

The Bridge Hotel, the white-painted building to the left, is now a Beefeater pub, and Boots (centre right) has become Lloyds, reflecting a prosperous retail shopping centre.

The proprietress of Taylforth's Hotel (left), in the main street of Eamont Bridge, stands outside to bid farewell to a guest departing in a pony and trap.The photographer would certainly not be able

On the right, beyond Westminster Bridge, stand the Ministry of Defence and the National Liberal Club.

Here we see a vanished scene.Two draught horses are led over the old bridge by the ford on the river Chelmer.The photographer appears to have left his car parked up the road on the left and walked

This is the view from Poole Bridge. The Nissen hut on the left has today given way to a building occupied by the Lifeboat Station and Dorset Police Marine Section.

was a large mill on the River Nadder just upstream from the confluence with the Avon.The Millers House seen here is all that remains of a much larger building; it is now almost invisible from the bridge

The village was once famous for its lead mines, and the remains of many of them still survive in the gills of the surrounding fells.

Bentalls department store is in a commanding position, and towers over the other shops in Clarence Street.

Alongside the river, close to the bridge, this building has now lost its croquet lawns. Once part of the council offices, today it houses Paxtons Restaurant downstairs and a bed and breakfast above.

This is part of the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation. The lock was built between 1793 and 1797, and the principal engineer was John Rennie.

Teignmouth has been a busy port for centuries, shipping the local clay and also the granite that built the original London Bridge from Swell Tor quarries.

To the east of Kingsbridge is the road to Torcross and Slapton Sands. This photograph shows the old four-arched bridge over the estuary. There has been a crossing here since the 10th century.

The bridge was formally opened with great pomp and ceremony on 30 June 1894. The flags are flying on the steamers, one of which is being hauled along by a tugboat.

We are looking from the bridge by the railway. The road is devoid of both people and traffic – is it early morning?

The two main crossings were here, at Stow Bardolph, and at nearby Magdalen bridge: these were droving roads used by cattle traders, and there was formerly a major cattle fair here at Stow.

The bridge has endured the excesses of the Broadland waters for many centuries, yet it required continual repairs and bolstering up - buttresses have been added to keep it in service.

In 1890 the timber-framed buildings on the west side of High Bridge were in a highly decayed state, as seen in this 1890 view.

The bridge is more than over 2,760 yards long, including the approach viaducts, giving a clear headway at high water of 150 ft. The steel towers stand 360 ft high and are supported on granite piers.

The bridge over the River Derwent at Rowsley was built in the early 17th century, and still carries today's busy traffic on the A6 trunk road.

Here past the beck is Bridge Cottage on the right, and hidden behind the left-hand tree is the 12th-century church of St John the Baptist.

Such were the number of visitors navigating the overgrown and makeshift route from the town centre to the beach that the Windsor estate prioritised the construction of a more permanent path.

Hammerton Hall lies in a crook of the River Hodder, with a stream called Barn Gill and its waterfall in the grounds. The bridge in the foreground is over the Barn Gill.