Brackenhill Quarries
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Brackenhill Quarries
Image: © Gerald England Taken: Unknown
Quarrying is believed to have begun here in 1629 when Charles I granted quarrying rights to tenants to take stone for use within the Manor. The hard course-grained sandstone was not only good building material but could be used for grindstones and scythe stones and by the 1800s it was exported worldwide.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.645953
Longitude
-1.351912