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The site, which included the town, is on a steep-sided mound, thought to be an Iron Age hill fort.

However, it was as one of the powerhouses of Britain's industrialisation, producing vast quantities of coal, iron and, latterly, steel, that Newport became the town it now is.

The ornate iron gates and railings on the road frontage were lopped off early in the Second World War to melt down for armaments.

Its canopy was made of prefabricated iron sections by a company in Darlington.

The aviary to the left was built in 1928; it remained here until it was replaced by a new decorative black iron construction to the east of the pond in 1994 as part of the Town Gardens centenary celebrations

Three years later the 200 miners produced 300,000 tons of iron ore. The railway, which finally closed in 1929, carried over 10 million tons in its lifetime.

All around were subsidiary trades, such as iron and coal tar. Rockingham also built a short canal to link with the Dearne and Dove Canal.

The Icknield Way was a pre-Roman, Iron Age trading route running along the northern border of Hertfordshire. At Baldock it formed the length of White Horse Street and Hitchin Street.

We can see that the entrance is 40ft up the lighthouse, and can only be reached by climbing an iron ladder fixed to the outside of the 90ft structure.

The landscape of hills, bar- rows and earthworks remind us of the beginnings of civilisation with the Neolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Age settlements and hill forts.

The wrought iron railings and gates were removed during the Second World War.

They arrived to the sound of bugles, then tore out wooden and iron railings to arm themselves.

The lamp replaced a cast iron fluted pillar in 1936.

From 1899 mass was celebrated in a corrugated iron building in Croft Road, but in 1904 the Godalming Catholic Parish was created and a new priest, Father Hyland, was appointed.

A cast-iron milestone outside records the fact that it is 34 miles to London. Next to the Cock is Barclays Bank, built by Sharples, Exton and Lucas in 1841.

A millwright called John Bewley had established an iron-foundry in New Street in 1808, on the site of some hop kilns.

Another reminder of Sir Richard Wallace is the cast-iron ornamental fountain.

All four cemetery buildings were set in well kept lawned burial areas, punctuated with a gridwork of symmetrical paths and attractive topiary; the cemetery was bounded by a stone wall with wrought iron

The yard was opened in 1840 to build wooden ships, but in 1871 production was switched to building iron tramps. A total of 113 were built between then and the yard's closure in 1902.

It is also the most natural, with streams, small waterfalls and a rustic cast iron bridge over a ravine, shown here.

Joseph Cranstone's iron works produced two fire engines, one for the Volunteer Fire Brigade and the other for the Phoenix Assurance Company.

The iron gates behind the memorial were added in memory of the University & Public Schools Brigade.

This is also in alabaster, and contained in iron railings. Margaret, wife of Sir Edward who died in 1605, is also remembered among these fine, delicately and intricately-worked alabaster monuments.

This was overcome by the building of an unsatisfactory wooden jetty in 1824, which in turn was replaced between 1853 and 1857 by Birch's iron jetty.