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| Arcrow Quarry, North Yorkshire | ||
| Arcrow Quarry | ||
| locality:- | Horton in Lonsdale | |
| county:- | North Yorkshire | |
| locality type:- | slate quarry | |
| locality type:- | quarry | |
| coordinates:- | SD80287054 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | SD8070 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD87 | |
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| evidence:- | probably descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by
William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in
London, 1778 to 1821. goto sourceTour to the Caves in the West Riding of Yorkshire, late 18th century Page 276:- "... About a couple of miles from Horton, on the right hand side of the road to Settle, is a curious stone quarry, at a place called Culms or Coums. The stones are of a blue kind, like slate, from one to three inches thick: some are two or three yards broad, and five or six yards long. They are made use of for floors in houses, being sometimes laid over cellars, on joists: they are also used for gate-posts, foot-bridges, and partitions between the stalls in stables and cow-houses." |
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