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A History of the County of Oxford
… where the stone of better quality from the neighbouring quarries was dressed before transport to Oxford. Timber was …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Oxford
… buildingstone came mainly from the Headington and Taynton quarries. The E., S. and W. sides of the Front Quadrangle … 1651, one with the head of a woman and two 18th-century quarries with men playing a pipe and bagpipes; the figures …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… employed in the worsted manufacture, and in coal-mines and quarries. There are places of worship for General Baptists, … bounded on the south by the river Ellen; and contains some quarries of freestone and limestone, and a vein of coal of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 3 r. 37 p.; there are several coal-mines, and some stone-quarries, the produce of which is chiefly applied to building …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… window, blue and gold roundels; in N.W. window, grisaille quarries, 14th-century. In S.W. window, similar grisaille. In …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Beresford downstream. 63 In the late 1870s there were two quarries near the parish boundary west of Steep Low, each with an old limekiln nearby, and there were also two quarries at Narrowdale. In 1898 there was a quarry on the … mainly in breaking stone and working marble slabs from the quarries at Wetton. 94 In 1821 there were 14 parishes and …
A History of the County of Stafford
… open there in the early 19th century. 46 Several small quarries were opened along the Longnor road later in the 19th …
A History of the County of Stafford
… stone: in 1770 Redfern was one of five men who had stone quarries on Longnor Edge. 73 Stonemasons in 1851 included …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… are some works for the manufacture of iron, and several quarries, the stone of which is used for building, and made … whereof 2251 are in Alton township: there are limestone-quarries in the township of Cotton, and some copper-mines at …