A COMMUNITY'S history has been set - not in stone, but in metal.
The story of Eston, beginning with the discovery of ironstone in its hills in 1850, has been incorporated in a sculpture commissioned by the town's proud residents.
The town's sometimes turbulent tale is spelled out across two pages of an open metal book mounted on a wrought-iron lectern. At one point, the people of Eston went to the Houses of Parliament to resist a bid to incorporate the community into nearby Middlesbrough.
Ann Higgins, a district councillor and chairwoman of Eston Residents' Association, which commissioned the work, said: "New visitors and young people can go and read about Eston and how it grew.''
The lectern, which can be found in Eston Square together with newly-planted trees, and plaques, cost £3,500 - money raised by the residents.
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