Park on site of former Kell's Quarry, Windy Nook
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Park on site of former Kell's Quarry, Windy Nook
Image: © Andrew Curtis Taken: 20 May 2012
Richard Kell was the second son of Ebenezer Kell of Felling Shore, born in 1749. Richard began quarrying at Heworth Shore in 1784. The family continued the business of quarrying throughout the C19th, establishing quarries at High Heworth and Windy Nook, amongst others. St. Alban’s Church, Windy Nook Board Schools, the Co-operative Society and Windy Nook Fever Hospital are among the many buildings built with stone from Kell’s Quarry at Windy Nook. Windy Nook Sandstone Quarries were famous for producing high quality grindstones and pulp-stones (used in paper mills). The quarries became run down in the early 1900s and were eventually filled in during the 1960s. View towards Whitehills, with Image on the hilltop above the trees.
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Image Location
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