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Kirkby Moor Quarry, Kirkby Ireleth
Kirkby Moor Quarry
Fisher's Quarry
Smithy Hill Quarry
Towns Quarry
Burlington Slate Quarries
locality:-   Kirkby Moor
civil parish:-   Kirkby Ireleth (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   slate quarry
locality type:-   quarry
coordinates:-   SD25128386 (etc etc) 
1Km square:-   SD2483
10Km square:-   SD28
SummaryText:-   several quarries
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 11 6) 
placename:-  Fisher's Quarry
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 11 6) 
placename:-  Smithy Hill Quarry
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 11 6) 
placename:-  Town's Quarry
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.
evidence:-   old text:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913) 
placename:-  Burlington Slate Quarries
item:-  slate
source data:-   Book, Mines and Mining in the English Lake District, by John Postlethwaite, Keswick, published by W H Moss and Sons, Whitehaven, Cumberland now Cumbria, 1877; published 1877-1913.
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page 137:-  "The Burlington Slate Quarries, situated on Kirkby Fell, near Kirkby-in-Furness, are the largest and most important single industry of their kind in the North of England. These quarries have been worked more or less for more than 200 years, but in the early part of their history they were under several distinct proprietors, by whose names they are still known, such as Fishers, Towns, Lords, Hunters, &c. but subsequently the then Earl of Burlington (who afterwards became Duke of Devonshire) took over all the separate holdings, and since that time they have been merged into one extensive industry."
"The roofing slate obtained from these quarries is very strong and durable, and is of a rich, dark blue colour, and although it is quarried so extensively in North Lancashire and scarcely at all now in Westmorland, the slate is known among Architects, Slate Merchants and Builders, by the name of "Westmorland Dark Blue," indicating that this quality and colour of slate was originally obtained solely and entirely in the last-named County. Now, however, the Westmorland Dark Blue Quarries, such of them as are still working, yield little else than rough slabs and blocks. Output of Burlington Quarries about 13,000 to 14,000 tons a year."
evidence:-   old map:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913) 
placename:-  Burlington Quarries
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District Mining Field, Westmorland, Cumberland, Lancashire, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by John Postlethwaite, published by W H Moss and Sons, 13 Lowther Street, Whitehaven, Cumberland, 1877 edn 1913.
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"Burlington Quarries"
quarry symbol 
item:-  JandMN : 162.2
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evidence:-   old print:- Postlethwaite 1877
placename:-  Burlington Quarries
placename:-  Fishers Quarry
source data:-   Print, halftone photograph, Burlington Quarries, Fishers, part of Kirkby Moor Quarry, Kirkby Ireleth, Lancashire, published by W H Moss and Sons, 13 Lowther Street, Whitehaven, Cumberland, 1877 edn 1913.
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Tipped in opposite p.136 of Mines and Mining in the English Lake District, by John Postlethwaite. 
printed, bottom  "BURLINGTON QUARRIES - "FISHERS.""
item:-  JandMN : 162.38
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evidence:-   old print:- Postlethwaite 1877
placename:-  Burlington Quarries
placename:-  Hunters Quarry
source data:-   Print, halftone photograph, Burlington Quarries, Hunters, part of Kirkby Moor Quarry, Kirkby Ireleth, Lancashire, published by W H Moss and Sons, 13 Lowther Street, Whitehaven, Cumberland, 1877 edn 1913.
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PST337.jpg
Tipped in opposite p.137 of Mines and Mining in the English Lake District, by John Postlethwaite. 
printed, bottom  "BURLINGTON QUARRIES - "HUNTERS.""
item:-  JandMN : 162.39
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old advertisement:- Postlethwaite 1877
placename:-  Burlington Slate Quarries
item:-  
source data:-   Advertisement, with photograph, for Burlington Slate Quarries, Kirkby-in-Furness, Lancashire, published by W H Moss and Sons, 13 Lowther Street, Whitehaven, Cumberland, 1877 edn 1913.
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item:-  JandMN : 162.45
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evidence:-   old text:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913) 
placename:-  Burlington Slate Quarries
item:-  slate
source data:-   Book, Mines and Mining in the English Lake District, by John Postlethwaite, Keswick, published by W H Moss and Sons, Whitehaven, Cumberland now Cumbria, 1877; published 1877-1913.
image PST3p137, button  goto source
page 137:-  "The Burlington Slate Quarries, situated on Kirkby Fell, near Kirkby-in-Furness, are the largest and most important single industry of their kind in the North of England. These quarries have been worked more or less for more than 200 years, but in the early part of their history they were under several distinct proprietors, by whose names they are still known, such as Fishers, Towns, Lords, Hunters, &c. but subsequently the then Earl of Burlington (who afterwards became Duke of Devonshire) took over all the separate holdings, and since that time they have been merged into one extensive industry."
"The roofing slate obtained from these quarries is very strong and durable, and is of a rich, dark blue colour, and although it is quarried so extensively in North Lancashire and scarcely at all now in Westmorland, the slate is known among Architects, Slate Merchants and Builders, by the name of "Westmorland Dark Blue," indicating that this quality and colour of slate was originally obtained solely and entirely in the last-named County. Now, however, the Westmorland Dark Blue Quarries, such of them as are still working, yield little else than rough slabs and blocks. Output of Burlington Quarries about 13,000 to 14,000 tons a year."
evidence:-   old map:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913) 
placename:-  Burlington Quarries
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District Mining Field, Westmorland, Cumberland, Lancashire, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by John Postlethwaite, published by W H Moss and Sons, 13 Lowther Street, Whitehaven, Cumberland, 1877 edn 1913.
image
PST2SD28.jpg
"Burlington Quarries"
quarry symbol 
item:-  JandMN : 162.2
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old print:- Postlethwaite 1877
placename:-  Burlington Quarries
placename:-  Fishers Quarry
source data:-   Print, halftone photograph, Burlington Quarries, Fishers, part of Kirkby Moor Quarry, Kirkby Ireleth, Lancashire, published by W H Moss and Sons, 13 Lowther Street, Whitehaven, Cumberland, 1877 edn 1913.
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PST336.jpg
Tipped in opposite p.136 of Mines and Mining in the English Lake District, by John Postlethwaite. 
printed, bottom  "BURLINGTON QUARRIES - "FISHERS.""
item:-  JandMN : 162.38
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old print:- Postlethwaite 1877
placename:-  Burlington Quarries
placename:-  Hunters Quarry
source data:-   Print, halftone photograph, Burlington Quarries, Hunters, part of Kirkby Moor Quarry, Kirkby Ireleth, Lancashire, published by W H Moss and Sons, 13 Lowther Street, Whitehaven, Cumberland, 1877 edn 1913.
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PST337.jpg
Tipped in opposite p.137 of Mines and Mining in the English Lake District, by John Postlethwaite. 
printed, bottom  "BURLINGTON QUARRIES - "HUNTERS.""
item:-  JandMN : 162.39
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old advertisement:- Postlethwaite 1877
placename:-  Burlington Slate Quarries
item:-  
source data:-   Advertisement, with photograph, for Burlington Slate Quarries, Kirkby-in-Furness, Lancashire, published by W H Moss and Sons, 13 Lowther Street, Whitehaven, Cumberland, 1877 edn 1913.
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item:-  JandMN : 162.45
Image © see bottom of page
person:-   quarry owner
 : Burlington, Earl of
date:-   1844
also see:-   [Kirkby Moor Quarry Tramroad]
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