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Quarry in or near Batcombe?
« on: Wednesday 28 February 07 09:15 GMT (UK) »
Does anyone know of any quarries in or around Batcombe that were operational in the mid to late 1870s?

Samuel Vining was living at Honeycliff in Batcombe at this time and his occupation is shown as Quarryman and as Stone Cutter. He was previously an agricultural labourer.

I would be grateful for any information.

Pam

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Re: Quarry in or near Batcombe?
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 05 April 07 18:33 BST (UK) »
hi pam ,i live about 6 miles from batcombe,not sure about era you are asking, but today there are numurous operational quarries within 10 mile radius.the yeoman family of the foster yeoman quarry came from wanstrow which is a couple of miles from batcombe
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Re: Quarry in or near Batcombe?
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 11 April 07 08:54 BST (UK) »
Hi Andy

Thanks very much for that information. I didn't realise there were still operational quarries in that area. I shall try and research this a little further.

Regards,
Pam
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