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Bridgnorth has always been divided in two: High Town on a defensive position on the hill, and Low Town for traders by the river.

Here we see The Blue Boar with its fine Tuscan porch (left), and opposite, The Retreat (now the post office).

It has a low tower, nave and north aisle, with a south transept on the far side. Within, a curious niche in the west wall may be the entry to an anchorite's cell of c1400.

Low Petergate (seen in the previous photograph) and High Petergate run up to Bootham Bar, one of York's still surviving medieval gates in the city walls, and to the Thirsk road out of the city.

The town grew up at the gates of the abbey on a low island amid the surrounding marshes, receiving its charter in 1142.

Launching at low tide was achieved by towing the boat over the sand with a team of horses; the launch took place stern first to protect the rudder in the surf.

Although the town itself is very much low-key compared to the impressive cathedral, it does have its place in folklore, with its association with Hereward the Wake; it is firmly rooted in history by its

The church contains many brasses of men and women who lived in the 15th and 16th centuries; the chancel has delicate 15th-century screens, Jacobean altar rails and low arcades dating back

Rows of bathing machines along the shoreline and in front of the low white cliffs demonstrate the popularity, and prevailing prudery, of immersion in sea-water among the Victorian visitors.

Despite the lofty heights surrounding Ilfracombe, the town centre is low- lying and prone to flooding.

The pier opened in June 1868 and was soon extended so vessels could use it at low water.

About one mile to the north-west is the bastle house of Low Old Shield, one of many fortified farmhouses built during the days of the Border raids.

The green, on the far side of the village from the church and overlooked by the village school, is now enclosed with a low wooden fence.

Note the house to the centre right: the road has been built up here, and the entrance is now below road level. A low wall gives protection from flooding.

Though the shore to the south of Ramsey is rocky, a stroll along it at low tide was a popular Victorian way of taking some gentle exercise.

In the far distance on the left you can just glimpse the low-water westward jetty of Birnbeck Pier. This was built so that steamers could berth at all states of the tide.

It is low tide in this view looking towards the slipway and the Bay Hotel. The Bay itself sweeps around from Ness Point in the north to the 600ft high cliffs of Ravenscar, at the other end.

The Barley Mow is one of the most famous and historic inns on the Thames. Jerome K Jerome featured the pub in 'Three Men in a Boat', published a year before this picture was taken.

The view looks upstream to Low Moor Mill, which produced cotton cloth until it closed in the 1950s. Its site is now occupied by a housing development.

Low Mill, which only closed in 1970, was claimed to be the oldest in the country.

Since then the sea walls have been raised, making it impossible to get sea views from the low-lying chalets.

It is possible to walk out to the island and its hotel at low water, but when the tide is in, this beast comes into its own.

It became known as Perch Rock Lighthouse because the reef of rock on which it stands (seen here at low tide) once had a post or 'perch' placed on it to warn shipping of its location.

Strictly speaking, the name actually refers to two islets near here which are only accessible at low tide, but the name has come to refer to the whole promontory.