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| Kendal Fell Quarry, Kendal | ||
| Kendal Fell Quarry | ||
| locality:- | Kendal | |
| civil parish:- | Kendal (formerly Westmorland) (area) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | limestone quarry | |
| locality type:- | quarry | |
| locality type:- | limekiln | |
| locality type:- | marble quarry (?) | |
| coordinates:- | SD50439266 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | SD5092 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD59 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 38 8) |
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| 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. "Quarries / Limekilns / ..." |
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| evidence:- | probably descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) item:- limestone; marble; chimney piece |
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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 sourcePage 178, footnote:- "A quarry of marble has lately been discovered near this town [Kendal], which produces quite a new variety. It is of different colours, beautifully variegated, and takes the highest polish. When inlaid in statuary marble it has the best effect, and is equal, if not superior, to any imported from Greece or Italy. Chimney-pieces, and other ornamental works are made of it, and of the common limestone of the country, which also polishes very fine, in a good style, by Mr. Francis Webster, in Kendal, who has erected a mill for sawing and polishing the same." |
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| Glover, David: 2014: Quarries of Lakeland: Bookcase (Carlisle, Cumbria) |
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