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Some crossing points not considered important enough for a bridge were provided with ferries. Some ferries were nothing more than rowing boats, while a few could carry one horse-drawn vehicle.

Anybody standing today in approximately the same position as the photographer would see nothing more than a couple of dreary buildings and one of the Kingfisher Centre`s multi-storey car parks.

At low tide there is nothing but mud in this creek. In the distance is the little 16th-century two-arched bridge.

At the time this photograph was taken, the fort on the Nothe was equipped with quick-firing guns, searchlights and accommodation for a battalion of soldiers.

But its popularity does nothing to detract from the fact that this is an exceptionally beautiful Cotswold village, each building in harmony with its neighbour and all constructed from the same warm local

Although nothing remains of it today, there was a St Mary's Church here in the 11th century, which at that time was the most famous building in Oxford.

The Library, designed by Preston architect James Hibbert, was opened on 26 October 1893 by Lord Derby, but it was another two years before the Art Gallery was ready to open.

But its popularity does nothing to detract from the fact that this is an exceptionally beautiful Worcestershire village, each building in harmony with its neighbour and all constructed from the

Most of the men gathered here on the beach are not fishermen - their bowler hats and shooting sticks suggest they are far more well-to-do.

This woodland scene portrays nothing of the industry in this area - instead it conveys a slightly magical atmosphere.

Despite a 20th-century road sign which carried the name '6d Handley', the Sixpenny really has nothing to do with money at all.

Daniel Defoe, speaking of Leominster, described it as having 'nothing very remarkable about it, but that it is a well-built, well- inhabited town.

Once nothing more than a tiny hamlet in the parish of Wensley, Leyburn developed into a market town thanks to a charter granted by Charles I.

This photograph appears to show a quiet village where nothing much happens apart from an amble down to the post office to buy a few stamps.

Today, there is nothing of this attractive scene left.

The immediate area is, of course, ideal for open air services, but the 'no cycling' sign has nothing to add to the scene.

The immediate area is, of course, ideal for open air services, but the 'no cycling' sign has nothing to add to the scene.

Once nothing more than a tiny hamlet in the parish of Wensley, Leyburn developed into a market town thanks to a charter granted by Charles I.

The river is tidal, and although there is nothing but mud here at low tide, it was navigable by small coasters well into the 20th century. Here we see imported timber in a yard on the left.

Nothing much has changed since this picture was taken a century ago - an echo of Celia Fiennes writing in 1697 'grass grows now where Winchelsea was, as was once said of Troy'.

It must be assumed that the symbolism of the clock design meant something to the developers of this pedestrianised shopping area, but there is nothing on record to tell us what it might be.

From 1586 an Elizabethan inn thrived here as one of Andover's larger coaching inns, but now, through the arch, only the Georgian rebuild of the hotel remains, with hardly a yard and nothing of

Daniel Defoe, speaking of Leominster, described it as having 'nothing very remarkable about it, but that it is a well-built, well- inhabited town.

Here we see the southern end of the sands on a very crowded day in the 1950s, with the cranes of the harbour and Nothe Fort in the distance.