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Among Leamington's famous residents was Napoleon III of France, who came to the town for a short period following France's defeat at the hands of Prussia in 1871.

A conventional rudder and tiller guides these three sailing boats as they navigate into port.

Port Soderick was developed in the 1890s by the Forrester family, and was one of the first attractions created for the tourist industry.

The journey from the capital to the naval port by coach took eight hours; the six hours to Liphook cost 13s 6d.

Standing at the foot of Pendle Hill, which is 1835ft high and just short of being a mountain, the stone-built Pendle Inn is in the centre of Barley, the heart of Pendle Witch country.

Oversley Green is just a short walk from Alcester, beside the River Arrow, near its confluence with the River Alne. This is the Arrow, and the old stone bridge over the river is just visible.

One stop short of the terminus at Cockfosters, Oakwood Station is one of the jewels along this northern stretch of the Piccadilly line, which also includes Southgate, Arnos Grove and Cockfosters.

The short-lived Aberystwyth and Tregaron bank was established in 1810, and the Black Ox bank (Banc y Eidon Du), based in Llandovery, opened a branch in Tregaron in 1903.

If this picture is correctly dated it must have been taken very shortly before opening, possibly in December.

It was built in 1849 a short distance from Penistone station. In 1916, disaster struck: the second and third arches collapsed, causing a tank engine to crash down into the debris.

For centuries it thrived as a fishing port, but it lost out with the rise of nearby Newlyn in the 19th century.

Poole continues to function as a port, though as much now for leisure craft as merchant shipping.

After Weymouth harbour was dredged and improved during Victoria's reign, larger ships joined the trade routes between the town and foreign ports.

At the time this photograph was taken, Ulverston was still a busy commercial port linked to the River Leven by the mile-long Ulverston Canal, England's shortest.

A sleepy village now, in medieval times Blakeney was one of the top ten ports in England.

Cley (rhymes with sky), once a busy port, is now a sleepy village, where nothing much has changed since this photograph was taken.

They are of varying dates, and there are a remarkable number of them - a fascinating reminder, of Hastings' importance as a fishing port.

Only St John the Baptist's church and a couple of houses nearby escaped from the bombs intended for the port and the railway station.

the Stainforth & Keadby Canal opened in 1802.The canal provided a link between the navigable rivers Trent and Don, and with its opening Thorne went on to enjoy a new lease of life as an inland port

The canal provided a link between the navigable rivers Trent and Don, and with its opening Thorne went on to enjoy a new lease of life as an inland port.

It was to Port St Mary that the Scottish granite to be used in the construction of Chicken Rock Lighthouse was brought, and where each stone was cut and dressed to size before being taken out to the site

expected to be able to withstand the elements on this exposed stretch of coast, it was badly damaged by gales in the winter of 1900, and was finally dismantled by Bournemouth Corporation shortly

Serving at the front in the First World War, Brooke wrote a short poem called 'The Soldier'; surely he had Grantchester in mind when he composed these lines: 'If I should die, think only this of me: That

In the foreground to the right the former short jetty is just visible. The substantial wooden pier/jetty which dominates the foreground has since disappeared.