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BUILDING_STONE_ID | STONE_NAME | PARENT BUILDING STONE  ID | ALTERNATIVE_NAMES | [NAME] | COLOUR | COLOUR_VARIATION | WEATHERED COLOUR | LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY | CHRONOSTRAT | STONE_LITHOLOGY | GRAIN_SIZE | [NAME] | KEY_IDENTIFICATION_FEATURES | FAILURE_WEATHERING | CONTEXT_OF_USE | LOCALITY_OF_USE | DATE_COMPILED | COMPILED_BY | MINERAL PLANNING AREA | English Heritage Atlas Area | SOURCE_OF_INFO | retrieval_date
114 | Puddingstone | 1 | Old Rag | Ferruginous, iron-cemented gravels | BROWN | Mottled | [NAME] | SUMMERTOWN-RADLEY SAND AND GRAVEL MEMBER | [NAME] | CONGLOMERATE |  |  | Limestone conglomerate with ferruginous cement |  | [NAME] occurrence, used in walls of Stanton Harcourt church, and for nearby Devils Quoits standing stones. | [NAME] | 2009-11-11 00:00:00 | [NAME] | Oxfordshire County Council | Oxfordshire English heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:03
115 | Old Rag | 114 | Puddingstone | Ferruginous, iron-cemented gravels | BROWN | Mottled | [NAME] | SUMMERTOWN-RADLEY SAND AND GRAVEL MEMBER | [NAME] | CONGLOMERATE |  |  | Limestone conglomerate with ferruginous cement |  | [NAME] occurrence, used in walls of Stanton Harcourt church, and for nearby Devils Quoits standing stones. | [NAME] | 2009-11-11 00:00:00 | [NAME] | Oxfordshire County Council | Oxfordshire English heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:03
116 | Sarsen Stone | 12 | Sarsen | Quartz-cemented siliceous sandstone, occurs as scattered indurated slabs. | PALE-BROWN | Mottled | [NAME] | BARTON GROUP | CENOZOIC | SILCRETE |  | Small holes and tubes may represent weathered-out plant roots. | Quartz-cemented siliceous sandstone | Resistant | Unshaped blocks. Typically used in unshaped rubble foundations for chalk or other walls. | Ashbury area, southwest Oxfordshire | 2008-05-10 00:00:00 | W T Horsfield | Oxfordshire County Council | Oxfordshire English heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:03
117 | Flint | 33 |  | Nodular black flint with white cortex | BLACK | Mottled | Black flint with white cortex | CHALK GROUP | [NAME] | FLINT |  |  | Nodular black flint with white cortex | Resistant | Whole flints may be embedded in mortar walls, or knapped flints used in coursed walling. Never used for quoins or dressings, for which limestone or brick is required. | Widespread in area of Downs and [NAME], especially for churches | 2008-05-10 00:00:00 | W T Horsfield | Oxfordshire County Council | Oxfordshire English heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:03
118 | Chalk | 224 | Chalk Block | Hard white chalk | PALE-WHITE | Uniform | White | CHALK GROUP | [NAME] | CHALK |  |  | Hard white chalk |  | Used as cut rectangular ashlar blocks, but typically with brick or other quoins and dressings. Needs a damp-proof foundation of brick, sarsen or flint, and an overhanging protective roof or coping. | [NAME] to Uffington, South Oxfordshire | 2008-05-10 00:00:00 | W T Horsfield | Oxfordshire County Council | Oxfordshire English heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:03
119 | Chalk | 118 | Chalk ashlar | Hard white chalk | PALE-WHITE | Uniform | White | CHALK GROUP | [NAME] | CHALK |  |  | Hard white chalk |  | Used as cut rectangular ashlar blocks, but typically with brick or other quoins and dressings. Needs a damp-proof foundation of brick, sarsen or flint, and an overhanging protective roof or coping. | [NAME] to Uffington, South Oxfordshire | 2008-05-10 00:00:00 | W T Horsfield | Oxfordshire County Council | Oxfordshire English heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:03
120 | Chalk | 118 | Chalkstone | Hard white chalk | PALE-WHITE | Uniform | White | CHALK GROUP | [NAME] | CHALK |  |  | Hard white chalk |  | Used as cut rectangular ashlar blocks, but typically with brick or other quoins and dressings. Needs a damp-proof foundation of brick, sarsen or flint, and an overhanging protective roof or coping. | [NAME] to Uffington, South Oxfordshire | 2008-05-10 00:00:00 | W T Horsfield | Oxfordshire County Council | Oxfordshire English heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:03
121 | Chalk Clunch | 118 | Clunch | Greyish-cream, flakey | PALE-WHITE | Uniform | Greyish-cream | CHALK GROUP | [NAME] | CHALK |  |  | Greyish-cream, flakey | Susceptible to frost | Used in rough poorly-coursed masonry and walling. Not usually suitable for quoins and dressings. Needs a damp-proof foundation of brick, sarsen or flint, and an overhanging protective roof or coping. | Wantage to Watlington, South Oxfordshire | 2008-05-10 00:00:00 | W T Horsfield | Oxfordshire County Council | Oxfordshire English heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:03
122 | Lower Greensand | 420 |  | Coarse sands and gravels, richly fossiliferous | BROWN | Uniform | [NAME] | LOWER GREENSAND GROUP | [NAME] | SANDSTONE, COARSE-GRAINED |  |  | Coarse sands and gravels, richly fossiliferous | Crumbly, poorly-cemented | Restricted local use for rough walling | Faringdon area, West Oxfordshire | 2009-11-11 00:00:00 | [NAME] | Oxfordshire County Council | Oxfordshire English heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:03
123 | [NAME] | 1 |  | Coarse sands and gravels, richly fossiliferous | BROWN | Uniform | [NAME] | FARINGDON SPONGE GRAVEL FORMATION | [NAME] | SANDSTONE, COARSE-GRAINED |  |  | Coarse sands and gravels, richly fossiliferous | Crumbly, poorly-cemented | Restricted local use for rough walling | Faringdon area, West Oxfordshire | 2009-11-11 00:00:00 | [NAME] | Oxfordshire County Council | Oxfordshire English heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:03
124 | Portland Limestone | 1 |  |  |  |  |  | PORTLAND GROUP | JURASSIC | LIMESTONE |  |  |  |  |  | Cuddesdon | 2009-11-11 00:00:00 | [NAME] | Oxfordshire County Council | Oxfordshire English heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:03
125 | Haseley Freestone | 1 | Upper Portland Creamy Limestone | Sandy to gritty limestone | BUFF | Uniform | Creamy-white | PORTLAND GROUP | JURASSIC | LIMESTONE, FOSSILIFEROUS |  |  | Sandy to gritty limestone |  | Roughly-coursed walling. | Small area around villages of Great Milton and [NAME] | 2008-05-10 00:00:00 | W T Horsfield | Oxfordshire County Council | Oxfordshire English heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:03
126 | Upper Portland Creamy Limestone | 125 | Haseley Freestone | Sandy to gritty limestone | BUFF | Uniform | Creamy-white | PORTLAND GROUP | JURASSIC | LIMESTONE, FOSSILIFEROUS |  |  | Sandy to gritty limestone |  | Roughly-coursed walling. | Small area around villages of Great Milton and [NAME] | 2008-05-10 00:00:00 | W T Horsfield | Oxfordshire County Council | Oxfordshire English heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:03
127 | Corallian | 421 |  | Ooidal or bioclastic limestones | BUFF | Uniform | Creamy-grey | CORALLIAN GROUP | JURASSIC | LIMESTONE |  |  |  |  |  | Central Oxfordshire | 2009-11-11 00:00:00 | [NAME] | Oxfordshire County Council | Oxfordshire English heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:03
128 | Coral Rag | 127 | [NAME] | Hard rubbly grey limestone containing coral pieces and shell fragments. Branching corals may weather out to give tubular cavities. | GREY | Uniform | Silvery grey to honey-coloured. | CORAL [NAME] (SOUTHERN ENGLAND) | JURASSIC | LIMESTONE, FOSSILIFEROUS |  | Rubbly | Hard rubbly grey limestone containing coral pieces and shell fragments. Branching corals may weather out to give tubular cavities. | Good weathering characteristics. | Used in rough poorly-coursed masonry and walling in older buildings.  Not usually suitable for quoins and dressings. | Central Oxfordshire, from Oxford to Faringdon | 2008-05-10 00:00:00 | W T Horsfield | Oxfordshire County Council | Oxfordshire English heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:03
129 | [NAME] | 128 | Coral Rag | Hard rubbly grey limestone containing coral pieces and shell fragments. Branching corals may weather out to give tubular cavities. | GREY | Uniform | Silvery grey to honey-coloured. | CORAL [NAME] (SOUTHERN ENGLAND) | JURASSIC | LIMESTONE, FOSSILIFEROUS |  | Rubbly | Hard rubbly grey limestone containing coral pieces and shell fragments. Branching corals may weather out to give tubular cavities. | Good weathering characteristics. | Used in rough poorly-coursed masonry and walling in older buildings.  Not usually suitable for quoins and dressings. | Central Oxfordshire, from Oxford to Faringdon | 2008-05-10 00:00:00 | W T Horsfield | Oxfordshire County Council | Oxfordshire English heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:03
130 | Stanford | 1 |  |  | BUFF | Uniform | Creamy-grey | STANFORD FORMATION | JURASSIC | LIMESTONE |  |  |  |  |  | West Central Oxfordshire | 2009-11-11 00:00:00 | [NAME] | Oxfordshire County Council | Oxfordshire English heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:03
131 | Wheatley Limestone | 1 |  | Massive grey rubbly-weathering bioclastic limestone, sparsely oolitic and with shell and coral fragments. | PALE-GREY | Uniform | Pale grey to honey-coloured | WHEATLEY LIMESTONE MEMBER | JURASSIC | LIMESTONE, FOSSILIFEROUS |  |  | Massive grey rubbly-weathering bioclastic limestone, sparsely oolitic and with shell and coral fragments. |  | Used as rubbly walling stone. | Oxford and area to south and east. | 2008-05-10 00:00:00 | W T Horsfield | Oxfordshire County Council | Oxfordshire English heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:03
132 | [NAME] | 131 | [NAME] |  | BUFF | Uniform | Dark grey | WHEATLEY LIMESTONE MEMBER | JURASSIC | LIMESTONE, FOSSILIFEROUS |  |  | Detrital shelly limestone |  |  | Oxford | 2009-11-11 00:00:00 | [NAME] | Oxfordshire County Council | Oxfordshire English heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:03
133 | [NAME] | 132 |  |  | BUFF | Uniform | Dark grey | WHEATLEY LIMESTONE MEMBER | JURASSIC | LIMESTONE, FOSSILIFEROUS |  |  | Detrital shelly limestone |  |  | Oxford | 2009-11-11 00:00:00 | [NAME] | Oxfordshire County Council | Oxfordshire English heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:03
134 | Headington Freestone | 132 | [NAME] | Detrital shelly limestone | BUFF | Uniform | Dark grey | WHEATLEY LIMESTONE MEMBER | JURASSIC | LIMESTONE, FOSSILIFEROUS |  |  | Detrital shelly limestone | Weathers poorly to give flakey blackened surface | Used for coursed walling and ashlar. In Oxford has often been replaced or repaired with [NAME] stone. | Oxford | 2008-05-10 00:00:00 | W T Horsfield | Oxfordshire County Council | Oxfordshire English heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:03
135 | [NAME] | 132 | Headington Hard | Pale-coloured, massive competent limestone with  sparse ooliths and bioclastic material. Burrows typically weather out to give pock-marked appearance. | PALE-WHITE | Uniform | [NAME] white | WHEATLEY LIMESTONE MEMBER | JURASSIC | LIMESTONE, FOSSILIFEROUS |  | Burrows | Pale-coloured, massive competent limestone with  sparse ooliths and bioclastic material. Burrows typically weather out to give pock-marked appearance. |  | Typically used as massive plinth stones. | Oxford and elsewhere | 2008-05-10 00:00:00 | W T Horsfield | Oxfordshire County Council | Oxfordshire English heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:03
136 | Headington Hard | 135 |  | Pale-coloured, massive competent limestone with  sparse ooliths and bioclastic material. Burrows typically weather out to give pock-marked appearance. | PALE-WHITE | Uniform | [NAME] white | WHEATLEY LIMESTONE MEMBER | JURASSIC | LIMESTONE, FOSSILIFEROUS |  | Burrows | Pale-coloured, massive competent limestone with  sparse ooliths and bioclastic material. Burrows typically weather out to give pock-marked appearance. |  | Typically used as massive plinth stones. | Oxford and elsewhere | 2008-05-10 00:00:00 | W T Horsfield | Oxfordshire County Council | Oxfordshire English heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:03
137 | [NAME] | 129 |  |  | BUFF | Uniform |  | KINGSTON FORMATION | JURASSIC | LIMESTONE |  |  |  |  |  | West Central Oxfordshire | 2009-11-11 00:00:00 | [NAME] | Oxfordshire County Council | Oxfordshire English heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:03
138 | [NAME] | 1 | [NAME] |  |  |  |  | PUSEY FLAGS MEMBER | JURASSIC | LIMESTONE |  |  | Flaggy limestone |  | Once quarried for roofing slates | [NAME] area, West Central Oxfordshire | 2009-11-11 00:00:00 | [NAME] | Oxfordshire County Council | Oxfordshire English heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:03
139 | [NAME] | 138 | [NAME] |  |  |  |  | PUSEY FLAGS MEMBER | JURASSIC | LIMESTONE |  |  | Flaggy limestone |  | Once quarried for roofing slates | [NAME] area, West Central Oxfordshire | 2009-11-11 00:00:00 | [NAME] | Oxfordshire County Council | Oxfordshire English heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:03
140 | Great Oolite | 423 |  | Variable |  |  |  | GREAT OOLITE GROUP | JURASSIC | LIMESTONE, OOIDAL |  |  |  |  | Widespread walling stone | North and west Oxfordshire | 2009-11-11 00:00:00 | [NAME] | Oxfordshire County Council | Oxfordshire English heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:03
141 | Cornbrash | 233 |  | Rubbly, shelly limestone |  |  |  | CORNBRASH FORMATION | JURASSIC | LIMESTONE |  |  | Rubbly, shelly limestone | Flaggy | Insignificant as building stone | Not known as building stone | 2009-11-11 00:00:00 | [NAME] | Oxfordshire County Council | Oxfordshire English heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:03
142 | Forest Marble | 424 |  | Hard, flaggy limestone, crowded with oyster shells | GREY | Uniform | Light grey to [NAME] | FOREST MARBLE FORMATION | JURASSIC | LIMESTONE, FOSSILIFEROUS |  | Flaggy | Hard, flaggy limestone, crowded with oyster shells |  | Local use for building stone. Where interbedded with shales the thin slabs are suitable for roof tiles, paving slabs or fencing stones. Also used as a polished internal decorative stone. | General building stone use in West Oxfordshire around Filkins, also more widespread use as ornamental stone. | 2008-05-10 00:00:00 | W T Horsfield | Oxfordshire County Council | Oxfordshire English heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:03
143 | White Limestone | 1 |  | [NAME] fine-grained thinly-bedded limestone,  with a scattering of ooliths, pellets and shell fragments. | PALE-WHITE | Uniform | Cream | WHITE LIMESTONE FORMATION | JURASSIC | LIMESTONE, FOSSILIFEROUS | FINE GRAINED |  | [NAME] fine-grained thinly-bedded limestone,  with a scattering of ooliths, pellets and shell fragments. |  | Used as flaggy, rubbly walling stone. | Used across north central Oxfordshire from [NAME] to Ardley. | 2008-05-10 00:00:00 | W T Horsfield | Oxfordshire County Council | Oxfordshire English heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:03
144 | Bladon Stone | 143 | [NAME] | Cross-bedded shelly oolite | PALE-BUFF | Uniform | [NAME] white | BLADON MEMBER | JURASSIC | LIMESTONE, OOIDAL |  | Cross-bedded | Cross-bedded shelly oolite |  | Used for coursed  walling, with rough finish. | Oxford | 2008-05-10 00:00:00 | W T Horsfield | Oxfordshire County Council | Oxfordshire English heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:03
145 | [NAME] | 1 | [NAME] | Honey-coloured coarse grained oolitic limestone, with broken shelly fragments and cross-bedded texture. | PALE-BUFF | Uniform | Weathers light- to golden- orange/brown | [NAME] | JURASSIC | LIMESTONE, OOIDAL | COARSE GRAINED | Cross-bedded, the weathering of the individual graded layers results in a ribbed appearance. | Honey-coloured coarse grained oolitic limestone, with broken shelly fragments and cross-bedded texture. | Freestone | Excellent freestone, used for walling, dressings and mouldings. | It is the predominant building stone in area around Burford, West Oxfordshire, also widely used as a freestone in Oxford and elsewhere. | 2008-05-10 00:00:00 | W T Horsfield | Oxfordshire County Council | Oxfordshire English heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:03
146 | Burford Stone | 145 | [NAME] | Honey-coloured coarse grained oolitic limestone, with broken shelly fragments and cross-bedded texture. | PALE-BUFF | Uniform | Weathers light- to golden- orange/brown | [NAME] | JURASSIC | LIMESTONE, OOIDAL | COARSE GRAINED | Cross-bedded, the weathering of the individual graded layers results in a ribbed appearance. | Honey-coloured coarse grained oolitic limestone, with broken shelly fragments and cross-bedded texture. | Freestone | Quarried from Kits quarry, near Burford, it was widely used in early Oxford college buildings, but was less durable than equivalent [NAME] | Used around Burford and in Oxford | 2009-11-11 00:00:00 | [NAME] | Oxfordshire County Council | Oxfordshire English heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:03
147 | Stonesfield Slate | 1 |  | [NAME] micaceous calcareous sandstone. | GREY | Uniform | Grey | STONESFIELD SLATE | JURASSIC | SANDSTONE, FINE-GRAINED |  | Flaggy | [NAME] micaceous calcareous sandstone. | Flags, split after frost exposure. | Roofing slate. Smaller slates used at crest of roof, larger towards the eaves. | Widely used in Cotswolds and Oxford | 2008-05-10 00:00:00 | W T Horsfield | Oxfordshire County Council | Oxfordshire English heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:03
148 | Sharp's [NAME] | 1 |  |  |  |  |  | SHARP'S HILL FORMATION | JURASSIC | SANDSTONE |  |  |  |  |  | Not known as building stone | 2009-11-11 00:00:00 | [NAME] | Oxfordshire County Council | Oxfordshire English heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:03
149 | Chipping Norton Limestone | 1 |  | [NAME]-weathering medium to coarse-grained oolitic limestone, sometimes flaggy and locally shelly. | PALE-BUFF | Uniform | Weathered colour varies from pale [NAME] to orange/brown dependent on sand or clay content. | CHIPPING NORTON LIMESTONE FORMATION | JURASSIC | LIMESTONE, OOIDAL |  | Sometimes flaggy | [NAME]-weathering medium to coarse-grained oolitic limestone, sometimes flaggy and locally shelly. | Better quality blocky stone has freestone properties, elsewhere flaggy | Freestone used for quoins and dressings, flaggy varieties for walling stone or roof tiles. | Chipping Norton to Charlbury area of Cotswolds, NW Oxfordshire | 2008-05-10 00:00:00 | W T Horsfield | Oxfordshire County Council | Oxfordshire English heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:03
150 | Fulwell Slates | 149 |  | Fissile limestone |  |  |  | CHIPPING NORTON LIMESTONE FORMATION | JURASSIC | LIMESTONE |  |  |  |  | Roofing slate | North Oxfordshire around Enstone, and Oxford | 2009-11-11 00:00:00 | [NAME] | Oxfordshire County Council | Oxfordshire English heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:03
151 | Salperton Limestone Formation | 1 |  | Fissile limestone |  |  |  | [NAME] | JURASSIC | LIMESTONE, OOIDAL |  |  |  |  | Roofing slate |  | 2009-11-11 00:00:00 | [NAME] | Oxfordshire County Council | Oxfordshire English heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:03
152 | Marlstone | 1 |  | Iron-rich limestone, variable in colour, texture and lithology, and including sandy, shaley and silty  variations.  Abundant shelly fossils, typically clusters of brachiopods. | BROWN | Uniform | Golden orange/brown colour on weathering. Greenish when unweathered. | [NAME] FORMATION | JURASSIC | IRONSTONE |  | Iron-rich concretions | Iron-rich limestone, variable in colour, texture and lithology, and including sandy, shaley and silty  variations.  Abundant shelly fossils, typically clusters of brachiopods. | see BRE Stone List for Wroxton Limestone | Better quality stone used as freestone in quoins and dressings, whilst poorer quality used as walling stone. Restricted to walling stone in churches and some other buildings where an oolitic freestone is used for quoins and dressings | North Oxfordshire | 2008-05-10 00:00:00 | W T Horsfield | Oxfordshire County Council | Oxfordshire English heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:03
153 | Banbury Ironstone | 152 | Marlstone | Iron-rich limestone, variable in colour, texture and lithology, and including sandy, shaley and silty  variations.  Abundant shelly fossils, typically clusters of brachiopods. | BROWN | Uniform | Golden orange/brown colour on weathering. Greenish when unweathered. | [NAME] FORMATION | JURASSIC | IRONSTONE |  | Iron-rich concretions | Iron-rich limestone, variable in colour, texture and lithology, and including sandy, shaley and silty  variations.  Abundant shelly fossils, typically clusters of brachiopods. | see BRE Stone List for Wroxton Limestone | Better quality stone used as freestone in quoins and dressings, whilst poorer quality used as walling stone. Restricted to walling stone in churches and some other buildings where an oolitic freestone is used for quoins and dressings | North Oxfordshire | 2008-05-10 00:00:00 | W T Horsfield | Oxfordshire County Council | Oxfordshire English heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:03
154 | [NAME] | 152 | Marlstone | Iron-rich limestone, variable in colour, texture and lithology, and including sandy, shaley and silty  variations.  Abundant shelly fossils, typically clusters of brachiopods. | BROWN | Uniform | Golden orange/brown colour on weathering. Greenish when unweathered. | [NAME] FORMATION | JURASSIC | IRONSTONE |  | Iron-rich concretions | Iron-rich limestone, variable in colour, texture and lithology, and including sandy, shaley and silty  variations.  Abundant shelly fossils, typically clusters of brachiopods. | see BRE Stone List for Wroxton Limestone | Better quality stone used as freestone in quoins and dressings, whilst poorer quality used as walling stone. Restricted to walling stone in churches and some other buildings where an oolitic freestone is used for quoins and dressings | North Oxfordshire | 2008-05-10 00:00:00 | W T Horsfield | Oxfordshire County Council | Oxfordshire English heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:03
155 | [NAME] | 152 | Marlstone | Iron-rich limestone, variable in colour, texture and lithology, and including sandy, shaley and silty  variations.  Abundant shelly fossils, typically clusters of brachiopods. | BROWN | Uniform | Golden orange/brown colour on weathering. Greenish when unweathered. | [NAME] FORMATION | JURASSIC | IRONSTONE |  | Iron-rich concretions | Iron-rich limestone, variable in colour, texture and lithology, and including sandy, shaley and silty  variations.  Abundant shelly fossils, typically clusters of brachiopods. | see BRE Stone List for Wroxton Limestone | Better quality stone used as freestone in quoins and dressings, whilst poorer quality used as walling stone. Restricted to walling stone in churches and some other buildings where an oolitic freestone is used for quoins and dressings | North Oxfordshire | 2008-05-10 00:00:00 | W T Horsfield | Oxfordshire County Council | Oxfordshire English heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:03
156 | [NAME] | 1 |  |  |  |  |  | DYRHAM FORMATION | JURASSIC | SANDSTONE, FERRUGINOUS |  |  |  |  |  | Banbury | 2009-11-11 00:00:00 | [NAME] | Oxfordshire County Council | Oxfordshire English heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:03
157 | Banbury Marble | 1 |  | Thin grey organic-rich limestone crowded with white calcitic bivalves, corals and other fossils. | GREY | Uniform | Orange/brown | CHARMOUTH [NAME] | JURASSIC | LIMESTONE, FOSSILIFEROUS |  |  | Hard grey shelly limestone |  | Polished stone was locally used in 19th C for fireplaces and ornamental purposes | Banbury | 2009-11-11 00:00:00 | [NAME] | Oxfordshire County Council | Oxfordshire English heritage Atlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:03
1575 | Chipping Norton Limestone | 1 |  | Limestone with common fine burrows, medium- to coarse-grained shell debris and flakes of greenish grey mudstone and dark lignite and minor amounts of fine-grained sand. Thin shell-detrital and [NAME] and mudstone intercalations in places | PALE-WHITE |  |  | PARENT DATA NOT YET ENTERED [HIERARCHY CODE] |  | LIMESTONE, FOSSILIFEROUS |  | Thick bedded, cross bedded or massive. | Off-white to pale brown fine- to medium-grained ooidal and coated peloidal grainstone. | weathering to flaggy or platy | Dressing | Bewdley |  | J.Donaldson | Oxfordshire County Council | Oxfordshire English heritage Atlas Area | British Geological Survey lexicon | 2012-05-16 10:21:03