Pages: [1]

Author Topic: blue quarries ?  (Read 1274 times)

Offline Inicky

  • RootsChat Veteran
  • *****
  • Posts: 530
  • Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
    • View Profile
blue quarries ?
« on: Friday 18 September 15 20:28 BST (UK) »
Regarding G,G,G grandfather Thomas Johnson (shows as Johnston) born 1844 in sheriff hill gateshead, it shows some of his children were born in a place called (on 1891 census) blue quarries?? anyone know of this or where it was ?

thank you



Offline Skoosh

  • RootsChat Marquessate
  • *******
  • Posts: 5,736
  • Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
    • View Profile
Re: blue quarries ?
« Reply #1 on: Friday 18 September 15 20:47 BST (UK) »
Inicky, blae (blue) blaes, in Scotland is a hard blue clay.

Skoosh.

Offline stanmapstone

  • RootsChat Marquessate
  • *******
  • Posts: 25,798
    • View Profile
Re: blue quarries ?
« Reply #2 on: Friday 18 September 15 20:57 BST (UK) »
Census Information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

Offline Chilternbirder

  • RootsChat Senior
  • ****
  • Posts: 356
  • Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
    • View Profile
Re: blue quarries ?
« Reply #3 on: Friday 18 September 15 21:02 BST (UK) »
There is some information on them in the Wikipedia entry for Sheriff Hill
Crabb from Laurencekirk / Fordoun and Scurry from mid Essex

Offline stanmapstone

  • RootsChat Marquessate
  • *******
  • Posts: 25,798
    • View Profile
Re: blue quarries ?
« Reply #4 on: Friday 18 September 15 21:35 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Skoosh on Friday 18 September 15 20:47 BST (UK)
Inicky, blae (blue) blaes, in Scotland is a hard blue clay.

Skoosh.

Blue Quarries was a sandstone quarry. You can see the quarry marked on this 1862 map http://maps.nls.uk/view/102341479#zoom=6&lat=7391&lon=2156&layers=BT

Stan
Census Information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
Pages: [1]