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It was a popular place for holidays when this picture was taken, even though the village was disfigured by a ruin of an alum works and an iron bridge carrying the LNER railway line from Whitby to Saltburn

The chimney stack in the distance is that of Cookley Iron Works. The Red Lion public house (right) opened after 1830, along with the Eagle and Spur Inn.

It exported copper, iron, slate, barley, bobbins, gunpowder and leather all over the Empire.

The bridge is built in greensand stone, which in Bedfordshire is actually dark brown owing to a high iron content in the rock.

Foundry Cottages (left) and three-storey Foundry House (far right), in West Allington, were the hub of Richard Robert Samson`s Grove Iron Works.

Opposite, on the corner with North Allington, the principle towns on the cast-iron road sign are Exeter (straight ahead) and Chard (right). West Court is behind the trees.

In this picture the monument was even then surrounded by iron railings to protect it from visitors.

This photograph was taken from the old footbridge, of which only the central pier and abutments remain; the cast iron section was added in 1869.

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 the colliery wharf of the Weardale Iron and Coal Company.

It was a popular place for holidays, even though the village had been spoiled not only by the ruins of an alum works, but by an iron bridge that carried the railway line between Whitby and Saltburn.

In those days it was open to the elements; in 1867 it was decided that it should be covered over with an iron and glass roof.

Holidaymakers may not always have known about the 130 or so Iron Age hut circles that exist on Gateholm Island, accessible at low tide.

Hambledon Hill, with the earthworks of an Iron Age hill-fort, dominates the skyline.

Its small harbour was once used to unload coal and take on iron ore and corn from the surrounding countryside.

One of the finest fortresses in England, Dover Castle traces its history back to the Iron Age earthworks on the site.

On the right is the colliery wharf of the Weardale Iron and Coal Company.

The approach to Barmouth along the estuary is one of the most spectacular scenic routes in Britain, and it has inspired artists and visitors for centuries.

Picturesque in its remarkably rural surroundings, its building materials include examples of a geological oddity: blocks of iron cemented gravel-stone (Fericrete), which is also to be seen in the base

Old industries in the area were iron ore mining and brickmaking, which is expected to be revived soon.

This fairly graceful early 19th-century shopping arcade, with its weatherboarded houses with large shop windows under a colonnade of thin cast iron columns, included a general hardware and implement

The pier was built of iron in 1881, and measured 300 feet in length by 30 feet wide.

The 18th-century Royal Hop Pole Hotel on the right- hand side of the street, with its wrought iron, flower- bedecked canopy and window boxes, is featured in Charles Dickens's 'Pickwick Papers

Behind the building, the iron bridge linking Windsor Gardens spans the old path to the coastguard's station.