Canal Quarry, Frome Road
Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire
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Canal Quarry had a special significance in the history of science. It was one of the places in the area where the Bradford Clay was found and the fossils that were collected there in the early nineteenth century found their way into collections all over the world. It has gone now,...
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Stone plays a large part in forming the character of the area around Bradford on Avon.
The work of stone quarriers, stonemasons and builders in stone has been an important aspect here for centuries, especially since the development of large underground freestone quarries.
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Winsley Quarries
Winsley, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire
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Murhill Quarries lie to the west of the village of Winsley, on the edge of the plateau level. A larger upper quarry was in 1905 the site for the Winsley Sanatorium, now Avon Park retirement village.
Stone from Murhill was used for the façade of Bristol Temple Meads...
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Westwood, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire .
The steep hillside above Avoncliff has been extensively quarried for Bath Stone. Underground workings that cover large areas open from adits near the top.
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Avoncliff Quarry, despite not being worked for a long time, retains...
Read MoreLimpley Stoke Quarries
Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire
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Although there are signs of small-scale quarrying around the hill that forms most of Limpley Stoke, the main working is underground. Stoke Quarry is operated by the Bath Stone Group. Recent use of Stoke stone can be seen in the modern Bath Spa building and the facing of the Southgate development in...
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Westwood and Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire
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In June 1941, during the Second World War, part of the Royal Enfield Company moved from Redditch in Worcestershire to old underground stone workings at Westwood Quarry. In the...
Read MoreThe Museum Collection: quarrying and stone-masons
Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire .
Bradford on Avon Museum is building up a collection of the specialised tools that were used in quarrying stone, usually under the ground, or shaping the stone blocks in the workshop of a banker mason at the quarry and by a builder mason on site.
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