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A little further downstream, just through the railway bridge, the view down river from the Staines bank has changed; now there is extensive housing development on both banks, much fortunately still hidden

In 1924, this compact little town had (and still has) its own town council.

The Maidstone tramway system opened in 1904, but by 1930 had been replaced by buses and trolleybuses. Maidstone Bridge, which spans the River Medway, lies at the bottom of the hill.

The whole area shown in these two photographs vanished when the new bridge over the river and the new Churchill Road were built to ease congestion in the town centre in 1971.

A fishing boat lies in the tidal section of the canal that linked it to the River Nene, which can be seen under Sluice Bridge.

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

The whole area shown in these two photographs vanished when the new bridge over the river and the new Churchill Road were built to ease congestion in the town centre in 1971.

Note the Malvern Hills in the distance, and the tower of St John's Church, adding interest to this view of Worcester Bridge, which had been substantially widened just a few years before the picture was

With the removal of both the main shopping and administrative areas of Runcorn some miles away these photographs show a town that, in the last 40 years, has changed enormously.

The bridge carries the Padiham road over Sabden Brook into the village.

The view is northwards, towards Chideock, and the mixed herd of cattle - including long-horns - had crossed an ancient packhorse bridge on their way into the hamlet from the eastern pastures.

Ulverston's railway station, dating from 1878, is below the wall to the left - this view was taken from the railway bridge.

This photograph, taken from the east bank of the river, south of the Barley Mow pub, manages to exclude George Gilbert Scott's rather fine 1864 seven-arched brick bridge over the river.

As we look back towards Cookham from near the viewpoint of photograph No 77588 towards the bridge onto Odney, since rebuilt, the Thames is beyond the trees with its two channels.

This view of the basin from its entrance lock adjacent to the Trent, shows a nearby warehouse and the Crown Inn, now the Waterfront Inn, across the water.

It was also important in draining the nearby Isle of Axholme and the two steam pumping stations once controlled the river level.

In the early 19th century, the colliery at Brereton nearby was connected by rail to a wharf, which enabled coal to be transported along the Trent and Mersey canal.

Initially the village developed along a road constructed on a causeway across the marshes between the castle and a possible wharf near Bramber Bridge.

A comfortable Tudor farmhouse beside a 15th-century pele, Turton Tower is associated with Humphrey Chetham, remembered for the free library, school and hospital that he founded in Manchester.

Built around 1840 to carry the London and North Western railway line north through Lancashire, this splendid six-arch bridge strides across the River Wyre just below Scorton Lakes.

Winter skaters used to risk their lives on the thin ice, and fishing from the bridge has long been a popular activity here.

It is separated from the enclosed village green by the Winn Brook, which is spanned by five little bridges before it reaches the Exe.

Go back into town and cross the Pulteney Bridge with its small shops into Argyle Street.

During the 13th century tolls were paid by those passing under the bridge as well as by those passing over it.