ROYALBOB
06-05-2011, 03:04 PM
Hi All! first post, my daughter, KelseyRebecca98 has done quite a few. Found this just down the road, fantastic explore with loads of old machinary, explosive bunkers and more. Located in Ackworth, west york's, been closed quite a while though there is a small unit still making gravestones there. Bit of info-
Once covered in bracken, quarrying began
here over 360 years ago in 1629 when
Charles I granted quarrying rights to tenants
to take stone for use within the Manor.
However, this hard course-grained sandstone
(known locally as Ackworth Rock) was not
only good building material but could be used
for grindstones and scythe stones and by the
1800’s it was exported worldwide. Many of
the houses you pass are built from rock from
this quarry (including Nostell Priory, on the
horizon). A silica carbonide substitute
(carborundum) has replaced the rock in
recent years. However, stone from
Brackenhill is still used in the restoration of
churches.
And the pics-
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Thanks for loookin'
Once covered in bracken, quarrying began
here over 360 years ago in 1629 when
Charles I granted quarrying rights to tenants
to take stone for use within the Manor.
However, this hard course-grained sandstone
(known locally as Ackworth Rock) was not
only good building material but could be used
for grindstones and scythe stones and by the
1800’s it was exported worldwide. Many of
the houses you pass are built from rock from
this quarry (including Nostell Priory, on the
horizon). A silica carbonide substitute
(carborundum) has replaced the rock in
recent years. However, stone from
Brackenhill is still used in the restoration of
churches.
And the pics-
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5186/5692812281_3c0cdd8208.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/royalbob1/5692812281/)
sign_1024x683 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/royalbob1/5692812281/) by ROYALBOB2011 (http://www.flickr.com/people/royalbob1/)
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Thanks for loookin'