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The Roman Foss Dyke canal fell out of use during Anglo-Saxon times, but was restored after the Norman Conquest to become one of the main outlets for the great medieval city’s wool and lead exports.

Springfield had started to grow after the canal-basin arrived here. Holy Trinity was built in 1843 as a chapel of ease for the expanding population.

The Roman Foss Dyke canal fell out of use during Anglo-Saxon times, but was restored after the Norman Conquest to become one of the main outlets for the great medieval city's wool and lead exports.

Today, walkers and fishermen can be seen at intervals along the canal, as well as colourful boating activity.

The Exeter Ship Canal, five miles long, reaches the sea at Topsham, and was built in 1564-6 after the building of a bridge at Countess Wear stopped the use of the river for trade.

These include a headless figure of Christ in the tympanum over the vestry door, as well as a number of corbels with carved heads which once served as candle-holders.

Our photographer is standing on the bridge over the lock which separates the dock from the Lancaster Canal basin.

The Thames and Severn Canal came this way, and the route of the old towpath can still be walked for considerable sections; but it is the pits left by extensive gravel extraction that have been

This area was built by the mill owner Titus Salt as a model industrial village alongside a canal, river and railway, well away from the pollution of Bradford.

A ditch ran alongside the building until the 1850s, which was intended to link Southampton with the Andover Canal and the River Test.This used to be the home of the town gunner, with the guns and

This was just one lock in the long climb from the west edge of London up the Chilterns: there were 25 miles and 42 locks on the Grand Junction Canal (later to become part of the Grand Union), the original

Though William was himself a farmer, he was also a land surveyor, property developer and investor in canals. He obtained Syerston in 1792 when he bought 500 acres from Lewis Fytche for £12,375.

The schooner anchored here, awaiting high tide to allow it to enter the canal, is the 'President Garfield'. The lifeboat is the third one to be stationed at Bude, the 'Elizabeth Moore Garden 2'.

Telford was the County Surveyor for Shropshire at the time, and was associated with the building of roads and also of bridges, canals and aqueducts, to name just a few of his projects.

In 1890 the canal (in the foreground) still carried some traffic. 'Butterow', incidentally, is the more modern spelling of the village where the picture was taken.

These locks are so close together that in order to maintain a satisfactory supply of water, it was necessary to extend the canal at the left-hand side above each chamber.

Though William was himself a farmer, he was also a land surveyor, property developer and investor in canals. He obtained Syerston in 1792 when he bought 500 acres from Lewis Fytche for £12,375.

Brindley originally wanted to bring his canal to the Severn at Bewdley, but the locals there objected to the very idea of such a 'stinking ditch'.

The cavern's unique feature is a 750yd underground canal.

The sunken car park (left) and the railings (right) provide a visible clue to the course of the old canal tunnel.

His model village provided all the essential living amenities, and for recreation he provided a spacious park on the opposite side of the river and canal.

Nowadays its popular, quiet tree-fringed length carries canal boats refurbished for tourists. Richard Turner, one of the temperance leaders, was born in Bilsborrow.

Built between 1796 and 1801 at a cost of £20,898, the aqueduct carries the canal 70 feet above the River Ceiriog for a distance of 710 feet.

James Brindley created this successful canal in 1772. It was a vital part of the Grand Cross network that linked the rivers Trent, Servern, Thames and Mersey.