An application proposing the construction of more than 200 homes on the site of the former Ironbridge Power Station in Shropshire has been approved. Detailed plans from Taylor Wimpey were considered ...

In November 1777, Abraham Darby III began designing and erecting 378 tons of cast iron, to build a bridge in the Shropshire gorge, on the banks of the River Severn. The bridge was completed in ...

The Industrial Revolution may have marked the beginning of a new era in England, but the spirit and dedication to craftsmanship remains as sturdy as the Iron Bridge. For centuries, the measure of ...

in Shropshire, where Darby made his discovery, became a major mining site, employing about 500 people. After 1709, Coalbrookdale saw other achievements, such as the first cast-iron bridge - built ...