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Huddleston Quarry
Hob Uid: 54663
Location : North Yorkshire Selby Huddleston with Newthorpe
Grid Ref : SE4724633639
Summary : Magnesian Limestone quarry which supplied stone for York Minster during the late 14th century, and for royal houses and colleges in the 15th century. The quarry comprises a large open pit with access from the eastern side. It is circa 150m across and 20-25m deep. The site is now occupied by a Riding School, and has been much landscaped and has been occupied by stable buildings. Very little work processing survives on the site. The size of the quarry suggests that it has been worked since the Mediaeval period.
More information : (SE 47263363) Huddleston Quarry (NAT) (Dis) (NAT). (1) The Huddleston Quarry, which produced magnesium limestone, supplied stone for York Minster as far back as 1434. Owned by York Minster. (2) Huddleston Quarry provided stone for the building of York Minster after 1385, when the Dean and Chapter of York took a lease of the quarry for eighty years. During the 15th century the quarry also provided building material for the royal house at Sheen, Surrey, Westminster Abbey, Eton College and King's College, Cambridge. (3) Documented. (4)

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Source details : OS 6" 1967
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Source details : Bldg Stones of Eng & Wales 1976 21 (N Davey)
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Source details : "Collectonea Historica" 1981 250-254 (E Gee)
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Source details : The Quarrying Industry, 2000, North Yorkshire 11
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : C15-16
Monument End Date : 1539
Monument Start Date : 1401
Monument Type : Limestone Quarry
Evidence : Earthwork

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Post Medieval
Monument End Date : 1900
Monument Start Date : 1540
Monument Type : Limestone Quarry
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SE 43 SE 15
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Relationship type : General association

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