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Next door there is now a bookmaker, and the Trustee Savings Bank building now houses Messrs Dexter & Sharp, who are accountants.

Barclay's Bank closed in 2000, but the Co-op still trades from the ground floor, although it now has a mid-1990s shop front.

The towpath on the right bank was used by the horses which once pulled the barges. Grappenhall has two of the characteristic narrow hump-backed bridges designed to carry road traffic over the canal.

Barclays Bank is now to the right of the Bell. The taller building, beyond was Bussan & Parkin, an ironmonger's, until 1968.

'At weekends in summer and on Bank Holidays, Bourton on the Water has to suffer the invasions which have resulted from the discovery of its beauty, but at other times its charms are unobscured and can

On the right, occupying part of the Victoria Hall are the premises of the London City and Midland Bank.

Ringwood stands on the banks of the meandering River Avon, at the New Forest's western boundary. A Saxon town in origin, it may get its name from its location.

The finger to the right of the tower on the river bank is an obelisk, marking the opening of Rock Park.

The twin-masted vessel third from the right belonged to Lord Revelstoke, owner of Baring's Bank.

Easterly storms can push the seas right up the shingle bank, eroding the road and threatening the village. During a storm in the winter of 1978-9, waves were breaking over the tops of the houses.

Now known as the Shillingford Bridge Hotel, and with a large and rather poor extension replacing the clapboarded building to the right, this Georgian inn is situated on the south bank by the elegant bridge

Located on the western bank of Southampton Water, in the shadow of an oil refinery and heavy industry, Hythe is unexpectedly pretty in places.

The old town of Strood, on the west bank of the River Medway, was incorporated into Rochester in 1835.

The second shop on the left is Lloyds Bank. Today the nearest branch of Lloyds TSB is in nearby Oakmount Road. In 1931 the population here was just over 3,000; now it is 20,000.

As well as its three main arches, the bridge also has six smaller flood arches across the fields on the south bank. A

Banks Road and The Crescent (W170049) form the heart of the original village. There is a wide-ranging array of shops, many of them tucked away beneath the arcades.

The pier survived a £2 million blaze on August Bank Holiday Monday 1989, and is a commercial success. However, the theatre inside the redeveloped shoreward end pavilion ceased operating in 1997.

The old town of Strood, on the west bank of the River Medway, was incorporated into Rochester in 1835.

Newport's importance as a mercantile centre is shown here in this photograph of vessels loading and unloading on the banks of the Medina.

These reinforce the efforts we saw in photograph 18208 to diminish the sea's force and to protect the cramped houses and banks. This harbour dries completely at low water.

On the right is the Albany Hotel and the Yorkshire Penny Bank. Sheffield was just one of a handful of authorities at this date who still had faith in their tramway system.

This tranquil view, taken from the west bank of the Severn, includes not only the cathedral but also All Saints' Church and St Andrew's.

Further on, the three-storey brick building has been a draper's shop for some 170 years; its name Commerce House records that this was where Odiham's first bank opened in 1806.

The older part is more interesting and certainly more picturesque, with its streets of quaint old buildings clinging to the banks of the Hamble.