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Old Sarum was originally an Iron Age fort with earth ramparts. The Normans fortified the existing site using local and occasionally unstable building materials.

hung from the hook on the extreme end of the wrought iron inn sign.

The banks of the original Iron Age fort can still be seen in this photograph. The Normans built a cathedral within it which was abandoned in the 13th century.

The iron supports of the railway bridge, just 25 years old at this time, are visible beyond. The building at the right hand end of the bridge is the Athenaeum, built in 1872.

Bodiam is located on the River Rother and was once a port that shipped iron ingots and cannon, which were made in the area.

On the right is part of West Buildings - demolished in 1891 - with a hand lettered board advertising George Woolgar's iron works in nearby West Street.

An iron footbridge connects Bevere Island to the east bank and a lock, built in 1844, to the west bank. The name comes from Beaver Island but the beavers died out over 1,000 years ago.

Many of the people seen here would be day trippers rather than resident visitors, having come for a breath of fresh sea air on one of the many excursion trains from inland.