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Within half a mile of it others were razed to the ground over the following three or four years, including the tall Phoenix Mill at Rashcliffe which had been empty for some time, Engine Bridge

The reason for the yard's closure was that Whitby bridge restricted dimensions to a maximum beam of 44ft.

Construction of the M1's first 55 miles (including Milton Keynes's section) took 586 days - a bridge every three days and a mile of road every ten.

In Clay Hill lay the settlement of Bridge Street (near where the Rose and Crown now stands). (Stephen G Hoye) This shows the layout of Enfield town in 1572.

It is also the most natural, with streams, small waterfalls and a rustic cast iron bridge over a ravine, shown here.

A major task was the cutting of the Victoria Channel to give a straight passage from Queens Bridge to the Lough.

Across the road - and stretching down to the bridge - were two inns fused together, the Lion and the Hart; and on the far corner of Springfield Road - where Next now is - was the Crown.

Uffa used the carriageway of the old l896 Floating Bridge as his workshop. At the top of Shooters Hill there is a sign-post.

As there was no bridge across the Thames from Twickenham on the Middlesex bank over to the Surrey bank until the 18th century, residents who wanted to cross to the opposite bank of the river did

St John's Bridge is on the left. The Avon Mill at this time was occupied by Hugh Dryden & Co Ltd, who sold antiques and works of art here until the late 1970s.

Beyond the portcullis the castle's defences also include a bridge over a dry ditch. Many of the windows date from the remodelling undertaken during the Tudor and Jacobean periods.

Although the water level beneath the Green Bridge rose to a dangerously high level the arch never quite flooded, and apart from the Picture House, which suffered severely, the main street escaped

The company was now ready to bring in electric trams, and had an act of parliament approving the work. However, this was subject to having the agreement of the Corporation, which was not forthcoming.

Bridges were important strategic points, especially in such disordered times.

Some of this pressure was alleviated by building rows of new terraced brick housing close to the factories in the growing suburbs of Caldewgate, Shaddongate and (after the building of the Nelson Bridge

The Dock Link Road is planned to go from Spalding Road to Skirbeck Road via the dock, with a bridge over the Haven at the south end of High Street.

During the 19th century the town centre had shifted westwards to the Bridge and Park Street.

Just a short distance from the Burford Bridge Hotel is Burford Lodge.

The pedestrian area at The Bridge was revitalised, with a modern art fountain with steps leading down and ornamental trees.

.` In 1962 Mrs C Nicholls, born in 1872, recalled walking to St John`s School, Bradmore Green from Hooley: `We used to walk up to the Star [near Star Lane], turn left over the railway bridge

Thus a river port with the piles of grain along its wharves, depicted in Ward's 1835 painting 'A View of Henley Bridge', was transformed by the fashionable rowing fraternity and by an event that became

The Blue Boar, the building on the left with the two columns, is mid 19th- century, and was probably built to sell the products of the Anchor Brewery, which became the Abridge Brewery and

Abridge was always well-supplied with pubs and tea-rooms. Here we see The Blue Boar with its fine Tuscan porch (left), and opposite, The Retreat (now the post office).