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A suspension bridge was constructed at Howley in 1911, linking the two banks of the Mersey.

The store that was Bridge's shop in W305026 (pages 68-69) is now five years later run by F Park. Today it is a Victoria Wine shop.

The Liskeard to Callington road crosses the River Lynher here on one of Cornwall's many historic bridges. First recorded in 1478, its granite arches were widened on the far, downstream, side in 1874.

The river upstream from Kingston Bridge was largely free from commercial traffic, and consequently safer for yachtsmen.

On the opposite side of the bank is Bushy Park, and in the distance we can see the graceful Hampton Court Bridge.

Hawkcombe and Whitehall Cottages are there today, but a bridge now replaces the ford where the child and dog are standing.

The main port lay north of this point, since a medieval three- arched stone bridge blocked the further passage of tall craft upstream along the River Parrett; even in the early 20th century,

By Bull Beck Bridge is the Black Bull Inn, where a cat sits beside a boot-scraper, perhaps waiting for opening time?

It also separated the church and Manor House from the village; all were to the right of the canal bridge on which the photographer stood. The factory burned down in 1963.

Situated one and a half miles north of Blythe Bridge railway station in Staffordshire, Caverswall's history certainly goes back to at least 1275 when Walter de Caverswell was granted a licence to crenellate

A young girl stands on the bridge - which no longer exists - watching the world go by.

This is a truly historic photograph, which shows the lowest crossing of the river Thames (except for the new Dartford motorway bridge) on the day it opened in 1894.

The village had a pub, the Bridge Inn, which was designed to look like an old coaching inn, but opened as a temperance hotel. Lever allowed villagers a vote about a licence.

Along Thames Street, east of the town's medieval river bridge, abbey buildings remain. Note the gabled 13th-century chimney stack to The Chequer.

The main river is crossed by this spindly-looking suspension bridge of 1888, seen here from the lock island.

Opposite on the corner of Bridge Street is the shop run by Len Mylott in the 1950s.

As the water flows underneath the bridge the occasional fish can be seen. At Fullerton the River Test meets the River Anton and then passes Stockbridge and Romsey to enter Southampton Water.

Upstream from the lock at Sonning, the 18th-century bridge spans the river, and the recreational use of the water is plain to see.

John Rennie's gorgeous bridge, built in 1817 as both river crossing and monument to the battle, was demolished in 1923.

The Purfleet, with its low bridge, is an old tidal inlet of the Ouse. Here stands the exquisite Custom House of 1683, with its graceful classical-style facade.

Only with the construction of the Royal Albert Bridge across the Tamar to Saltash did the railway open up the Duchy of Cornwall.

Harnham Bridge was first erected about 1230. Then, it carried all the traffic from the south over the Avon into Salisbury.

The skill of coracle navigation is being demonstrated on the Teifi, just below Cardigan bridge.

By 1928, the Rustic Bridge seen in photo 40743 had been taken down. The two houses on the left were owned by Spicer Brothers, who owned the paper mill, and were called Orps Mill Cottages.