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This row of fishermen's cottages took their name from the High Light, the lighthouse we can see in the background. The dioptric light was lit by oil until 1938, when it was electrified.

A River and Rowing Museum opened in the town in 1998.

A number of buildings had to be demolished to make space for the memorial close to Parliament Row - here, it has been suggested, parliament met in the 1500s during outbreaks of plague in London.

This shows a quiet day at Barry beach, with the only sign of life a rowing boat with its landing ramp.

first glance the church's most striking feature appears to be the contrasting steep and shallow pitched roofs; but a closer look identifies the ancient stone column of an Ibric cross (furthest in second row

Many old favourites on the row include Waterworths the greengrocers and Dewhursts the butchers.

Still recognisable today, this view shows on the right the well-known arcade of shops which started life as an island block between Back Row and the present Market Place; note the rabbits hanging outside

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.

A group of children stand by a 19th-century cottage now called White Gates.

This view from the end of the stone pier shows the four-storey Custom House surrounded by rowing boats, which were used by both local fishermen and holidaymakers.

With the colliery came rows of miners' housing, such as those in Stephenson Street, Bessemer Street, Rennie Street, Davy Street, and Newton Street.

Observing this remarkably packed mass of presumably happy humanity are the occupants of a private steam launch and people in rowing boats.

This view was taken from near the Bedford Rowing Club clubhouse just before the buildings on the right were demolished for Swan House in 1960.

The A134 runs in front of the rows of cottages.

railway arrived in 1864, many more visitors came; a variety of activities was arranged for them, including bathing from the bathing machines in the middle of the picture, taking trips around the bay in the rowing

Here we see the By Brook flowing placidly past the rows of exquisite cottages, with their steep stone-slated roofs and dormers. A man sits on the bank with his granddaughter enjoying the tranquillity.

railway arrived in 1864, many more visitors came; a variety of activities was arranged for them, including bathing from the bathing machines in the middle of the picture, taking trips around the bay in the rowing

The splendid Westminster Bank building on the corner of Mercers Row, distinguished by its striking dome, is now a branch of Nationwide; the tall, narrow building to the right of it is a jeweller and diamond

All is of the 30s, including the row of sub-Arts and Crafts shops, and on the right the small buildings originally associated with the railway.

This view, looking north along what is now the main A34 towards Alderley Edge village, shows where Welsh Row crossed the old turnpike, connecting the old enclosed fields on the plain with the open

The curious row of arches beyond the hotel are said to be the site of the medieval shambles or shops, and some are now converted to a bus shelter.

It is an attractive open area, and this view looks north past the pond across Bushey Road, with the row of elms on the right.

To its right, the Maidenhead Rowing Club's superb new headquarters, completed in 1998, now stand.

There are Rows on both sides of Watergate Street.