PRN 37047 In the 1820s, the house and workshop of iron worker Richard Seaman, who was well know locally for his workmanship. He was joined by a young apprentice called Richard Hornsby. It was not long before he became Seaman's partner and their forge prospered. They decided that they would do better if they nearer to the heart of things and so they sold up and moved their work to a new workshop in the then separate village of Spittlegate on the Great North road, just to the south of Grantham. Here then is the humble starting point of one of the internationally renowned Victorian industrial 'greats'.{1}