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In 1140 the Norman Lord of the Manor, Geoffrey of Limesey, built a church (probably on the site of a Saxon one) dedicated to St Leonard, patron saint of prisoners and, appropriately enough, of iron

You can see the iron railings around his grave at the bottom left of our picture. The church is built in Perpendicular style.

Ironically, this trend has not really been adopted in the more commercialised society of Britain as she is now.

The chancel screen and pulpit are made of wrought iron.

The minor road off the B1249 rises with dwellings on either side, peaks and falls again to an old wooden bridge with rusted iron railings that crosses brackish water which eventually falls into

The film version, which starred Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons, was filmed here in the 1980s.

Today, this is Park Lane, almost unchanged except for the inevitable loss of those decorative iron railings.

The magnificent cast-iron pillars held up the glass roof, giving welcome natural light to the interior of the busy Borough Market.

It was once an iron-ore warehouse from which the ore was loaded onto canal boats and shipped on to local ironworks. There is still some evidence of this traffic in the form of tramlines.

During one year there would be other changes; a zebra crossing was later removed, and the older lamp posts with wrought iron branches would be discarded in favour of tall concrete poles.

generously featured buildings established during the first half of the 20th century, lend an air of long-term solidity that was subsequently supported by the discovery of evidence of both Iron

Pevsner says of Great Budworth that it is 'one of the best pieces of villagescape in the county. Yet there is hardly a house that would need a close look'.

The grand scale and decorated gables of the Institute are a visible reminder of a wealthier town; here the iron-works acted as a magnet which drew workers in high numbers.

This stone arch was built in 1869 to carry raw materials to the iron furnaces. A pedestrian tunnel was added beside the main arch owing to the increase in traffic.

The Guests, who made their fortune in the South Wales iron industry during the industrial revolution, sold Canford Manor in 1923, when it became a public school.

This is the main road through what was once the home of the Welsh iron industry.

On this sunny early afternoon Di Palma Cream Ices and Johnny's Creamy Ices compete for trade (centre), and people sit in the rose garden formed next to Trinity Church after the iron railings

It is Iron Age in origin, and the Romans and the Saxons who used the ancient trackways nearby added to this dramatic earthwork.

The narrow-gauge Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway - affectionately known as 'Lil' Ratty' - opened in 1875, to link iron mines in Eskdale to the main line at Ravenglass.

A grand south entrance was provided via these ornate wrought-iron gates crowned by the royal cypher and the jubilee date, 6 May 1935.

Our Iron Age ancestors appreciated the importance of the site and built a hill fort on the top, but it was abandoned when the Romans conquered the region.

This photograph shows the skyline from the profile of Bell Stone (left, top) along to the ramparts of the Iron Age hill-fort on Eggardon Hill (right, top).

Open-air services started in 1880, moving to the temporary 'Iron Church' (known as 'Trotman's Tin Tabernacle' after the officiating minister) in 1881 and eventually to this permanent church, built

Formerly an Iron Age circular rampart and the site of a Romano-British temple, Chanctonbury Ring rises to 783 feet.