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Lindale

This small village was the birthplace of a man who defied the scepticism of his contemporaries and built the first successful iron ship. 'Iron Mad' John Wilkinson also built the first cast iron barges and later created the castings for the famous Iron Bridge at Coalbrookdale. After his death in 1808, he was buried in an iron coffin (naturally) in an unmarked grave. The lofty Wilkinson Obelisk to his memory that stands near the village crossroads is also cast in iron. The admirers who erected it, however, omitted to provide the iron column with a lightning conductor. A few years later it was struck to the ground by a lightning bolt. The obelisk lay neglected in shrubbery for some years but has now been restored and towers above the village once again. Just outside Lindale, at Castle Head, is the imposing house that Wilkinson built by the River Winster.