Northowram Quarries
There are/were a large number of quarries at Northowram.
Quarrying for slate for theakstone was recorded at
Northowram [1379].
These covered the whole of the district from Queensbury, Shibden,
through Northowram, to Shelf.
Some of these include
- Bare Head Quarry, Northowram
- Blake Hill End Quarry, Northowram
- Green Lane Quarry, Northowram
- Haley's Quarries, Northowram
- Hazlehirst Stone Quarry, Ambler Thorn
- Hazlehurst Quarry, Shibden
- Hedge Top Quarry, Northowram
- Jagger's Quarry, Northowram
- Landemere Quarry, Northowram
- Merry Boys Quarry, Northowram
- New Road Quarry, Northowram
- Northowram Hill Quarry
- Quarry House Colliery, Northowram
- Sandymere Quarry, Shelf
- Scout Quarry, Northowram
- Spiggs Quarry, Stump Cross
- Westercroft Quarry, Northowram
- Wood Top Quarry, Northowram
- Woodhead Quarry, Northowram
See
Quarries
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