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This outcrop is inside a stone fort, where the remains of hut circles belonging to the late Bronze/early Iron Age have been found.

The arch of this impressive monument was originally crowned by Wyatt’s colossal equestrian statue of the England’s military darling, the Iron Duke.

In 1900 the Sheepbridge Coal & Iron Co secured an interest in the Dinnington Main Coal Co, which had been formed to exploit the coalfield to the north of Kiveton Park.

The stately 212ft-high Perpendicular tower of Derby's Cathedral of All Saints, which dominates this view of Iron Gate, still exerts a powerful influence on the county's biggest city.

Carnforth's industries of sand and gravel extraction and iron smelting depended upon the Lancaster Canal and later the railway, when an important junction between the north-south and east-west

On the horizon is one of a number of exposed coastal Iron Age defended settlement sites that are to be found along the coast of Ceredigion.

Viewed from the 23-acre Iron Age fort which stands on the steep road leading north-west away from the village, the church of St Giles stands out to the left of the picture.

Looking towards the junction with Lynchford Road, a rather downmarket- looking Fine Fare supermarket with what appears to be a corrugated iron roof has managed to gain a toe-hold, next to

This vast open Market Hall was constructed in 1875, and the roof, carried on elaborately decorated cast-iron pillars and supports, covers an area of some 3,500 square yards.

Though famous for its leather goods,Walsall grew up on coal and ironstone mining, iron working, and limestone quarrying.

Newlands, at the foot of the valley, formerly had a corn mill and an iron furnace.

Blackboys is a small iron industry village. Its name is believed to have come from the appearance of charcoal workers as they emerged from working in the woods.

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

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

Llanrhystud is overlooked by an Iron Age fort, just out of view on the left, which was later occupied by Welsh and Norman earth and timber castles.

The corrugated iron roofed house in the middle distance now has its thatch reinstated, while the shop in the distance is now a house.

Their hazel or oak pots are kept stable on the seabed with a cast iron weight. Can you guess which of the fishermen are 'Red Eye' West, 'Lotion Tar' Bishop and 'Bumshee' West?

How ironic that only a decade earlier the resort had been disparagingly referred to as 'Donkey Island' – a withering appraisal of its coarse visitors and plebeian attractions.

Between are the remains of 18th-century wrought iron gates and overthrow. The gateway seems to dwarf the children by the wall. The War Memorial to the left is in the form of a medieval calvary.

The memorial was later moved a few feet to accommodate traffic safety requirements, but the brick piers of the gateway with their wrought-iron gates are all still in situ.

A small length of the iron fencing remains outside Heatherstone, and the gate piers opposite at Tufnells are still there. A footpath behind the men now leads to a housing estate.

The creeper-covered wall between the iron fence and the cottage gable is in fact the dam wall for the mill. Now a silted up boggy patch, the mill pond can still be made out.

Along this road passed thousands of cattle with 'cues', or two-part iron shoes, on their feet, along with sheep, pigs and geese, the latter with their feet dipped in tar and sand.

The 236ft single span cast-iron bridge was designed by Thomas Paine, author of 'The Rights of Man'. Built in 1793-96, it was considered one of the engineering masterpieces of the day.