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Behind the wall to the left of the telephone box was once Stephen's yard, used for storing cargoes.

With houses crowded together, yards like this were not uncommon in Cambridge.

With houses crowded together, yards like this were not uncommon in Cambridge.

Yards or passages lead to many of the houses; they seem to have been put wherever they would fit, a little like a wrongly-completed jigsaw. This gives the village a unique charm.

This boat-hire yard was alongside the upstream side of Battersea Bridge.

During the 17th century, Kendal expanded rapidly as a market town serving the southern part of the Lake District, and this gateway was one of many which served the yards where the woollen merchants plied

The Plough Inn was demolished to allow for the extension of the graveyard, leaving the New Inn a few yards further down towards the sea.

Although the pub may be gone, the building on the corner of the road has become a chandler's and boat yard for recreational sailors.

The northern (further) bay penetrates well inland and provided good shelter for boats, with limekilns, storehouses and coal yards nearby.

The memorial was erected in October 1899.The disaster, which happened only a few hundred yards from the shore, shocked all Margate.

The slipway of the ferry crossing is next to a wooden boat-building yard on the Bodinnick side of Fowey harbour.

Note the many railway wagons in the yards in the foreground of the picture. The spire of St Martin's church can be seen to the right of the castle.

An early tractor stands in the yard.

The boat yard is a hive of activity, with cranes, men and a vessel drawn up for repair. Amongst the boats in the foreground are two Dutch fishing vessels.

Local firms included John Bowden's yard, which was active between 1877 and 1905 -it can be seen in the background of this picture; Richard Kitto (later Kitto & Sons) was in business from 1864 to c1904

Lying two hundred yards south-west of St Mary's the chapel is a small church built by Earl Odda and dedicated to the Holy Trinity in April 1056.

The 'Salford City' passes numerous stacks of imported timber at the yard in Station Road, Latchford.

In bygone times the hotel had a back yard in which strolling minstrels and poets would entertain.

Here we see workers leaving the Great Western Railway yard, which, at one time, employed 12,000 people. The uniformity of dress amongst the men is striking.

The quay here was 300 yards long.

The magnificent yew standing in the churchyard is about seven yards in circumference. The 18th- century naturalist Gilbert White was curate here.

Little Shambles is called so because it is only a few yards in length.

This view is along Eastgate, east of the crossroads with Northgate (‘gate’ being Danish for street, rather than gate) and Minster Yard.

Long before this picture was taken, the northern Severn had effectively been closed to navigation at two to three hundred yards above Stourport Bridge.