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alikelly
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LIME WORKS AND QUARRIES
« on: Sunday 20 February 05 16:08 GMT (UK) »
I'm looking for the whereabouts of Quarries and,Limeworks,in chapel en le firth,buxton,derbyshire.
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« Reply #1 on: Sunday 20 February 05 19:49 GMT (UK) »
My grandfather used to make millstonesthroughout the county but ofcoursehedied. However my soninlaw knows Buxton and quarries very well so i'll ask. Gerald
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« Reply #2 on: Sunday 20 February 05 20:33 GMT (UK) »
Limestone quarries are mostly in Buxton + Harpur Hill area. Do you have a name? eg Topley Pike or Haslin?
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« Reply #3 on: Monday 21 February 05 06:51 GMT (UK) »
hi,
I don't have a name all i knew is that they where born in Chapthe el en le firth,and lived in buxton.Dont know much about area?They were quarry worker/lime worker.
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« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 23 February 05 08:26 GMT (UK) »
Ok alikelly
If they were living in Chapel-en-le-frith the nearest quarries would be a couple of miles away in Doveholes. These are Holderness and Newline quarries and limeworks. This would be walkable I guess.
If they had then moved to Buxton itself they would be within easy access of a now disused quarry in Ashwood Dale and Tunstead and Topley Pike. If they lived south of the town then the quarries at Harpur hill (now disused)are a possibility and Hillhead. A mile or so further at Earl Sterndale there are Hindlow(quarry) and Dowlow(Limeworks). Transport to collect workers may have been available then as now although I suspect they took the form of carts!!
When are we talking about?
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Sue
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O'Connell, Robinson, Conway, Cunningham (Liverpool and Ireland)
Smith, Vallis, Fry (Somerset), Horrocks (London), Neighbour (Bucks).
Lookup information is for personal research purposes only and is Crown Copyright from National Archives
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