Oxfordshire Ironstone Quarries Headquarters site
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Oxfordshire Ironstone Quarries Headquarters site
Image: © David Stowell Taken: 7 Jul 2006
This site is the former headquarters of the extensive Oxfordshire Ironstone Quarries. Quarrying commenced in January 1919 and the output was carried by the quarry's own railway to the Great Western Main line at SP463429 just north of Banbury. Much of the course of this railway can still be traced today (such as Image and Image) as it is variously a footpath, cycle way and nature reserve. The extensive quarry network extended to the NW eventually reaching Alkerton under Image and Image It also ran to the SW through Image and Image The quarries eventually closed in September 1967 however the buildings on this site continued to be used for a variety of purposes and are now the Apollo Image Historical detail courtesy of "The Ironstone Quarries of the Midlands - Part II The Oxfordshire Field" by Eric Tonks, published by Moor Graphics, April 1988. ISBN 1-870754-02-6
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Image Location
Latitude
52.081168
Longitude
-1.407496