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Sir Christopher Wren's old home, now a hotel, stands on the right bank, near the bridge.

The cottages along the bank date from 1877 onwards, with two further pairs added in 1909 in the middle distance gap.

This charming village straddles the banks of the River Bure amidst beautiful marshland.

The warehouses of Boston have suffered in recent years; the ones on the right on the opposite bank have been converted into flats, but the distant one has been, like so many of its companions, demolished

A seat has appeared in the intervening six years since 23910 was taken - it and the steps beside it have gone today, the latter replaced by a shallow bank of earth as before, and now gone.

The classical building on the left dates from 1860 and was where the Westminster Bank had its Chester branch.

This view is taken from the Bedfordshire bank, with the ford (still in existence) in the foreground.

Frogmore Street begins near the bank on the right, site of the medieval north gate. The pedestrians walking towards the camera are heading for the High Street and, no doubt, the market.

Dedicated to the memory of Sir Winston Churchill, this long, narrow garden is a delight to visit in spring when the high banks are a mass of flowers.

The stretch of river beyond the mud bank leads to Stanner Point, also in Sutton.

On many unforgettable nights at high tide, angry seas have broken through the banks and flooded many thousands of acres of farmland.

The Southport & Lytham Tramroad Co came up with a proposal to construct a transporter bridge due south of Hesketh Bank at a cost of £183,500.

But river traffic at this point has now been greatly increased with the opening of the vast Penton Hook Marina in a flooded gravel pit on the south bank, which is accessed from just below this lock.

At this end was Mark Ellis the tailor, later Fleming's Antiques; at the other end Barclays Bank. The sign is on the Red Lion (centre left), which closed in 2000. Opposite is H E Rose, the butcher.

To the right, along the curving line of the castle bailey, are S Ball & Sons and the Midland Bank, which has been rebuilt. The Pharmacy in the distance has lost its parapet and urns.

The turning for Glebe Road is by the double-fronted house in the centre, and the National Provincial Bank was later built on the opposite corner.

The 1870 view of the bridge is particularly interesting, for it shows the Berkshire bank before the spread of late Victorian developments that brought large houses and villas to the Berkshire hillside

It contained the magnificent municipal buildings completed in 1888 at a cost of £540,000 - the post office, the Bank of Scotland, the Merchant's House and several hotels.

There are roads along each bank and houses face the river, giving it a slightly Dutch feel. Indeed, there are some fine Georgian houses, particularly on the east side near the good parish church.

The building on the right was designed by Lewis Cottingham in 1846 as the Penny Bank, which functioned until 1892.

On the opposite side of the street, what was once a bank is now the Starbucks Coffee Shop.

At this time Warburton was a small village on the south bank of the Mersey, five miles west of Altrincham and twelve miles from Manchester.

Baxters next door has become Bath Travel, and the estate agents Connells have taken over the Midland Bank beyond.

At the far end a bank in Wren/Queen Anne style completes the row. Across the road beyond is a good Art Nouveau/Gothic church of 1912.