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Building Stone [NAME] | [NAME] | ALTERNATIVE_NAME | [NAME] | Date Opened | Date Closed/Ceased | Commodity | [NAME] | BNG_EASTING | BNG_NORTHING | Building Stone Name | Building Stone ID | Entry_number_of_buildings_Definitely_using_this_source | Entry_number_of_buildings_possibly_using_this_source | Comments | Source of Evidence | Evidence | Source of BGS Evidence | BGS Evidence | Additional_notes | Mineral_planning_area | date_pit_status_updated | retrieval_date
7822 | Hill Farm |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SD | 331625 | 401810 | Lower Keuper Sandstone | 3514 |  |  |  |  |  | Lancashire_99NW_1909 | 'Old [NAME]' later workings  'A small quarry at Hill Farm, [NAME], supplied materials for local buildings' |  | Sefton Council | 30/04/2010 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
8532 | Blundell's Hill | Rainhill | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 348620 | 390470 | Rainhill Stone | 3521 |  | 27307, 27381, 27458, 27459, 27460, 27461, 27462, 27463, 27464, 27465, 27466, 27467 |  |  |  | mhlg,Lancashire_107SE_1938 |  |  | St. Helens Metropolitan Borough Council | 02/09/2003 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
8545 | [NAME] |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 331420 | 384885 | [NAME] | 3507 | 27001, 27102, 27103, 27104, 27105, 27165 | 27002, 27003, 27005, 27032, 27033, 27034, 27036, 27037, 27054, 27064, 27065, 27066, 27067, 27068, 27075, 27076, 27077, 27078, 27082, 27084, 27085, 27093, 27098, 27134, 27136, 27153, 27154, 27155, 27158, 27159, 27164, 27286, 27376, 27377, 27380, 27383, 27387, 27388, 27391, 27393, 27394, 27398, 27399, 27473, 27490, 27491, 27492, 27493 | One of a group of quarries that supplied building stone both locally, within UK and abroad. | Pers. comm. [NAME] of Wirral Archaeology, Pers. comm. geologist [NAME], Minutes of Liverpool Geological Association, NH/LGS/1-6/1 1880-1891 held by [NAME] at the North Street Archive, Liverpool, Storeton Quarries Archive, held at Wirral Archives, Birkenhead, Wirral ZST/7 1905-47, ZST/11 1914-53, Liverpool Geological Society, 2004, Rock around Wirral, Mortimer, W 1847. History of the Hundred of Wirral, accessed on http://www.archive.org | Tramway set up from the Storeton Quarries to Bromborough Pool where ‘lighters’ were employed to transport the stone via the navigable creek here to the Mersey Estuary and beyond. The Storeton Archives show the stone was widely transported to places around the UK such as Rugby and Colchester and also to Ireland. | Cheshire_13_1882, BGS_ch013_sec | 'Quarries' '+20' white & yellow sandst. [NAME] |  | Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council | 11/11/2008 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
8561 | Woolton |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 342045 | 386890 | Woolton Stone | 3520 | 27205, 27381, | 27167, 27168, 27169, 27170, 27171, 27172, 27175, 27177, 27178, 27179, 27180, 27181, 27182, 27183, 27184, 27185, 27186, 27187, 27188, 27189, 27190, 27191, 27192, 27193, 27194, 27195, 27196, 27197, 27198, 27199, 27200, 27201, 27202, 27203, 27204, 27206, 27230, 27231, 27232, 27236, 27237, 27238, 27239, 27240, 27242, 27243, 27365, 27366, 27367, 27368, 27499, 27500 |  | [NAME], J 1911. British and Foreign Building Stones, Cambridge University Press, [NAME]., Letter written by Sir [NAME] to G H Morton in Feb. 1889 and included in [NAME]’s ‘The Geology of the Country around Liverpool’ on pages 168-169. | As well as the dull red layers there were also some rarer paler white layers. These were used to build the Wavertree Clock Tower. Letter by Sir [NAME] written to G H Morton in Feb. 1889 states, ‘There are veins of white stone in the Woolton quarries, but they are thin and scanty. The stone is of excellent quality. When I was in practice I used it whenever I could get hold of it. A year or two since I built a clock-tower in Wavertree, the stone for which (white) I got with difficulty from Woolton. [NAME] in Fenwick Street are built with this stone.’ | mhlg, Lancashire_114NW_1938 | Used for Liverpool Anglican Cathedral |  | Liverpool City Council | 02/09/2003 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
9291 | [NAME] |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 342280 | 396455 | Knowsley  Stone | 3506 |  | 27335, 27336, 27337, 27338, 27339, 27340, 27342, 27343, 27344, 27346, 27369 | One of the main sources of Knowsley Stone. Used within Knowsley Village. Also [NAME] was reported by Wilding as being well used as paving in Liverpool such as along Parliament Street in the city centre. | Wilding, J. 1890 The paving materials of Liverpool, Transactions of the Liverpool Geology Association, [NAME]. 9., Letter by Sir [NAME] to G H Morton in Feb. 1889 and included on pages 168-169 of Morton’s ‘The Geology of the Country around Liverpool.’ | [NAME] widely used for paving in Liverpool city centre such as along Parliament Street. Quoting from Wilding’s paper, ‘A stone much used in Liverpool is the Knowsley Stone. It is easily recognised by the red colour and the large veins of quartz running through it. It is used in various places in Parliament  Street. The quarries however, are now closed.’  This stone possibly sourced from [NAME]., Sir [NAME] stated in his letter to [NAME] that ‘Not far from thence are the [NAME] quarries, now drowned out with water and abandoned. This stone is very hard, of a deep red colour, and appears as if it were New Red Sandstone indurated and partially metamorphosed by heat.’ | [NAME] | '[NAME]' |  | Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council | 06/03/2008 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
9352 | [NAME] | Kirkdale | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 335585 | 393540 | [NAME] | 3524 |  |  |  |  |  | Lancashire_106_1851 |  |  | Liverpool City Council | 02/02/2005 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
9362 | Holt |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 348135 | 392095 | Bunter Pebble Beds | 3519 |  | 27300, 27303, 27304 |  |  |  | mhlg |  |  | Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council | 02/09/2003 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
9593 | Lingdale | Claughton | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 329820 | 388615 | [NAME] | 3548 |  |  |  |  |  | Cheshire_13NW_1899 | '[NAME]' |  | Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council | 09/06/2009 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
9594 | Oxton |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 330604 | 387427 | Lower Keuper Sandstone | 3505 |  |  |  |  |  | Cheshire_13_1882, BGS_ch013_new_cc | 'OQ' |  | Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council | 09/06/2009 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
9595 | Bidston | Bidston Hill | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 328715 | 389660 | Bidston Stone | 3510 |  | 27010, 27011, 27012, 27013, 27014, 27015, 27016, 27017, 27018, 27125, 27128, 27090 |  |  |  | BGS_CH013_nwe_cc | 'old shallow [NAME]' |  | Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council | 09/06/2009 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
9750 | Park Road | Toxteth | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 335655 | 388415 | Toxteth Park Stone | 3509 |  | 27475 |  |  |  | Lancashire_113_1850 |  |  | Liverpool City Council | 02/02/2005 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
9751 | [NAME] | Everton | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 335340 | 393005 | [NAME] | 3524 |  |  |  | Merseyside RIGS records | RIGS records describe a fine to medium grained red sandstone with beds greater than 1 metre thick, interbedded with thin bands of soft, yellow sandstone and occasional clay layers. | Lancashire_106_1851 |  |  | Liverpool City Council | 02/02/2005 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
9897 | St Domingo Road | Everton | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 335385 | 393185 | [NAME] | 3524 |  |  |  | Research by [NAME], Manager of Williamson’s Tunnels Heritage Centre | Crushed sand from either this quarry or the nearby quarry 14608 was used to make the prefabricated houses at Eldon Street Tenements, Liverpool. Either this quarry or 14608 was referred to as Cobb’s Quarry | Lancashire_106_1851 |  |  | Liverpool City Council | 02/02/2005 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
9898 | Duke Street | Wavertree | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 336660 | 390460 | Bunter Pebble Beds | 3519 |  |  |  |  |  | Lancashire_106_1851 |  |  | Liverpool City Council | 02/02/2005 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
9959 | White Stone Quarries | Brown & White Stone, Storeton, Higher Bebington | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 331535 | 384385 | Bebington Stone | 3508 |  |  |  |  |  | mhlg, Cheshire_13SE_1913, BGS_ch013_sec | 'Stone Quarries' 'Quarry 100' white sndst with marl partings and footprints bed' |  | Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council | 02/09/2003 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
9961 | [NAME] |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 328920 | 387930 | Bidston Stone | 3510 |  | 27010, 27011, 27012, 27013, 27014, 27015, 27016, 27017, 27018, 27090, 27091, 27094 |  |  |  | Cheshire_13NW_1899 |  |  | Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council | 09/09/2004 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
10971 | Holt Lane |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 347990 | 392365 | Bunter Pebble Beds | 3519 |  | 27301, 27302, 27303, 27304 |  |  |  | mhlg |  |  | Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council | 02/09/2003 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
10973 | Woolton No 2 | Woolton Quarries | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 341950 | 386980 | Woolton Stone | 3520 | 27381 |  |  |  |  | mhlg,Lancashire_114NW_1938 | Used for Liverpool Anglican Cathedral |  | Liverpool City Council | 02/09/2003 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
10976 | Irby |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 325140 | 385915 | Lower Keuper Sandstone | 3505 |  |  | Probably used to build surrounding farmsteads such as Hill Bark Farm, built of red sandstone. | Fieldwork, Cheshire RIGS records | Large red sandstone quarry with many clear faces. Remains of vertical drill holes from blasting still visible. Thin flaggy layer observed at top of quarry. | mhlg |  |  | Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council | 02/09/2003 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
10977 | Bunkers Hill Quarries | Bebington | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 331555 | 384205 | Bebington Stone | 3508 |  |  |  |  |  | mhlg, Cheshire_13SE_1899, BGS_ch013_sec | 'Quarries (disused)' 'White Sndst' |  | Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council | 03/09/2003 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
10979 | [NAME] |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 331405 | 384655 | [NAME] | 3507 |  |  | One of a group of quarries that supplied building stone both locally, within UK and abroad. | Pers. comm. [NAME] of Wirral Archaeology |  | Cheshire_13_1882, BGS_ch013_sec | Working mapped 'white sndst marl partings' |  | Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council | 03/09/2003 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
10982 | Billinge [NAME] |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SD | 352595 | 401350 | [NAME] Flags | 3535 |  |  | Much used around Billinge. Flagstones in demand within the county and beyond according to Victorian geologists such as [NAME] and [NAME]. | Merseyside RIGS records, [NAME], D. 1973. Underground flagstone workings of the Billinge-Ashurst Ridge. | [NAME] has been landfilled. History of quarrying for building stone since at least  17th century, especially for flagstones. | mhlg, Lancashire 101-01 1849 | 'Delf (Sandstone)' |  | Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council | 03/09/2003 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
11388 | Bootle |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 334225 | 394920 | Upper Mottled Sandstone | 3518 |  |  |  |  |  | Lancashire_106_1851 |  |  | Sefton Council | 18/01/2005 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
11389 | [NAME] | [NAME] | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 349685 | 390340 | Rainhill Stone | 3521 | 27381 | 27458, 27459, 27460, 27461, 27462, 27463, 27464, 27465, 27466, 27467 | Recorded by Watson, 1911, as being used for internal walls of the Liverpool Anglican Cathedral. | [NAME], J 1911. British and Foreign Building Stones, Cambridge University Press, [NAME]. | Recorded by Watson, 1911, as being used on the internal walls of Liverpool Anglican Cathedral. | mhlg,[NAME] |  |  | St. Helens Metropolitan Borough Council | 18/01/2005 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
11391 | [NAME] |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 329628 | 389631 | Bidston Stone | 3510 |  |  |  |  |  | Cheshire_013_1882 |  |  | Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council | 19/10/2004 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
13261 | Litherland |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 333385 | 398225 | Litherland Stone | 3517 |  |  |  |  |  | Lancashire_99_1850, WRAY1948 | '[NAME] (Sandstone)' 'Building Stone' 'Quarries in the Keuper Sandstone' '[NAME], Litherland' |  | Sefton Council | 17/08/2004 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
13263 | Hill Farm | Little Crosby | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SD | 331680 | 401765 | Lower Keuper Sandstone | 3514 |  |  |  |  |  | Lancashire_99_1850, WRAY1948 | 'Sandstone Quarry' 'A small quarry at Hill Farm, [NAME], supplied materials for local buildings' |  | Sefton Council | 17/08/2004 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
13980 | Athelstane |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 328870 | 388180 | Bidston Stone | 3510 |  | 27010, 27011, 27012, 27013, 27014, 27015, 27016, 27017, 27018, 27090, 27091, 27094 |  |  |  | Cheshire_31NW_1899 |  |  | Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council | 19/10/2004 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
13981 | [NAME] |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 329320 | 389665 | Bidston Stone | 3510 |  |  |  | Pers. comm. [NAME] of Wirral Archaeology | Probably together with quarry 13982, supplied building stone via an old tramway which connected the quarries with Birkenhead Docks. Later converted to [NAME]. | Cheshire_31NW_1899 |  |  | Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council | 19/10/2004 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
13982 | [NAME] |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 329790 | 389300 | Bidston Stone | 3510 |  |  |  | Pers. comm. [NAME] of Wirral Archaeology | Probably together with quarry 13981, supplied building stone via an old tramway which connected the quarries with Birkenhead Docks. Later converted to [NAME]. | Cheshire_31NW_1899 |  |  | Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council | 19/10/2004 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
13989 | Sand Rock | [NAME] | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 330355 | 393600 | [NAME] | 3512 |  |  |  |  |  | Cheshire_7NE_1899 |  |  | Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council | 19/10/2004 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
13990 | Wallasey |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 329780 | 391770 | [NAME] | 3512 |  |  |  |  |  | Cheshire_7SW_1899 |  |  | Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council | 19/10/2004 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
13991 | [NAME] |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 329825 | 391525 | Upper Mottled Sandstone | 3518 |  |  | Possibly one of the quarries along the sandstone ridge known as ‘The Breck’ used to build parts of old [NAME] such as St Hilary’s Church with its tower of 1530. Also could have been used to build parts of Leasowe Road and parts of the coastal embankment | Pers. comm. [NAME] of Wirral Archaeology | Possibly one of the quarries along the sandstone ridge known as ‘The Breck’ in [NAME] used to build the old buildings of Wallasey such as parts of St Hilary’s Church, [NAME] and the coastal embankment at Leasowe around 1830. Helsby Sandstone also quarried along parts of The Breck | Cheshire_7SW_1913 |  |  | Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council | 19/10/2004 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
14533 | Rainford Old Delph |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 351115 | 399550 | Pennine Lower Coal Measures sandstones | 3531 |  |  |  | Merseyside RIGS records | Alternative name for Rainford Old Delf given as Crank Caverns, with grid reference given as SJ 5112 9953. Described as disused quarries and mines from which building stone and flagstone was extracted. Yellow fine-medium grained sandstone with interbedded grey siltstone horizons. Exposures show planar and cross bedding and laminations. | mhlg,[NAME] |  |  | St. Helens Metropolitan Borough Council | 18/01/2005 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
14534 | Crookhurst |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SD | 352525 | 400620 | Milnrow Sandstone | 3534 |  |  |  |  |  | mhlg,[NAME] |  |  | St. Helens Metropolitan Borough Council | 18/01/2005 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
14608 | Corporation Yard | St Domingo Road | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 335590 | 392975 | [NAME] | 3524 |  |  |  | Research by [NAME], Manager of Williamson’s Tunnels Heritage Centre | Crushed sand from either this quarry or the nearby quarry 9897 was used to make the prefabricated houses at Eldon Street Tenements, Liverpool. Either this quarry or 9897 was referred to as Cobb’s Quarry | LIV,Lancashire_106NW_1894 |  |  | Liverpool City Council | 02/02/2005 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
14609 | Globe Street | Everton | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 335445 | 393165 | [NAME] | 3524 |  |  |  |  |  | Lancashire_106_1851 |  |  | Liverpool City Council | 02/02/2005 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
15573 | Rainford |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 351420 | 399830 | Pennine Lower Coal Measures sandstones | 3531 |  |  |  |  |  | Lancashire_101_1849 | 'Sandstone Quarry' |  | St. Helens Metropolitan Borough Council | 27/06/2005 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
15574 | Rainford Delf |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 350760 | 399845 | Pennine Lower Coal Measures sandstones | 3531 |  |  |  |  |  | Lancashire_101_1849 |  |  | St. Helens Metropolitan Borough Council | 27/06/2005 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
15575 | Cook's Wood |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 350895 | 398781 | Pennine Lower Coal Measures sandstones | 3531 |  |  |  |  |  | [NAME] |  |  | St. Helens Metropolitan Borough Council | 27/06/2005 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
15576 | Shoot's [NAME] |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 351605 | 399125 | Pennine Lower Coal Measures sandstones | 3531 |  |  |  |  |  | Lancashire_101_1849 | Flagstones |  | St. Helens Metropolitan Borough Council | 27/06/2005 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
15577 | Clinkham Wood |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 351695 | 398500 | Pennine Lower Coal Measures sandstones | 3531 |  |  |  |  |  | Lancashire_101_1849 |  |  | St. Helens Metropolitan Borough Council | 27/06/2005 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
15578 | Millbank |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 336161 | 393366 | [NAME] | 3524 |  |  |  |  |  | Lancashire_106_1851 |  |  | Liverpool City Council | 27/06/2005 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
15579 | Hetherby |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 336895 | 393457 | Bunter Pebble Beds | 3519 |  |  |  |  |  | Lancashire_106_1851 |  |  | Liverpool City Council | 27/06/2005 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
15580 | [NAME] | [NAME] | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 336620 | 392315 | [NAME] | 3524 |  |  |  |  |  | Lancashire_106_1851 |  |  | Liverpool City Council | 27/06/2005 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
15581 | Everton |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 336040 | 391675 | [NAME] | 3524 |  |  |  |  |  | Lancashire_106_1851 |  |  | Liverpool City Council | 27/06/2005 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
15582 | [NAME] |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 336130 | 391555 | [NAME] | 3524 |  |  |  |  |  | Lancashire_106_1851 |  |  | Liverpool City Council | 27/06/2005 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
15583 | [NAME] |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 336185 | 391900 | [NAME] | 3524 |  |  |  |  |  | Lancashire_106_1851 |  |  | Liverpool City Council | 27/06/2005 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
15584 | [NAME] |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 336025 | 391455 | [NAME] | 3524 |  |  |  |  |  | Lancashire_106_1851 |  |  | Liverpool City Council | 27/06/2005 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
15585 | Whitefield Road |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 336790 | 392115 | Bunter Pebble Beds | 3519 |  |  |  |  |  | Lancashire_106_1851 |  |  | Liverpool City Council | 27/06/2005 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
15586 | [NAME] |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 336885 | 392515 | Bunter Pebble Beds | 3519 |  |  |  |  |  | Lancashire_106_1851 |  |  | Liverpool City Council | 27/06/2005 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
15587 | Rainhill |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 349335 | 390275 | Rainhill Stone | 3521 |  | 27458, 27459, 27460, 27461, 27462, 27463, 27464, 27465, 27466, 27467 |  |  |  | Lancashire_107_1850 |  |  | Liverpool City Council | 28/06/2005 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
15588 | [NAME] |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 349660 | 393730 | Ravenhead Rock | 3532 |  |  | Possibly the source of the light coloured grey stone referred to by Sir [NAME] Picton FSA , much used for chimney pieces and interior work. | Letter from Sir [NAME] to G H Morton in Feb. 1889 and included on pages 168-169 of Morton’s ‘The Geology of the Country around Liverpool.’ | Possible source of light coloured grey stone, much used for chimney pieces and interior work. Got in the neighbourhood of [NAME] and the author suggested was also exposed in railway cutting at Thatto Heath which could also suggest [NAME]. | Lancashire_107_1850 | '[NAME] (Sandstone)' |  | St. Helens Metropolitan Borough Council | 28/06/2005 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
15589 | Eccleston |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 350275 | 395190 | Cannel Rock | 3533 |  |  |  |  |  | Lancashire_107_1850 | '[NAME] (Sandstone)' |  | St. Helens Metropolitan Borough Council | 28/06/2005 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
15590 | Toxteth |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 335690 | 388055 | Toxteth Park Stone | 3509 |  | 27475 |  |  |  | Lancashire_113_1850 |  |  | Liverpool City Council | 28/06/2005 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
15591 | Park Street | Toxteth Park | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 335380 | 388160 | Toxteth Park Stone | 3509 |  |  |  |  |  | Lancashire_113_1850 |  |  | Liverpool City Council | 28/06/2005 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
15592 | Wellington Road |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 335485 | 387645 | Lower Keuper Sandstone | 3505 |  |  |  |  |  | Lancashire_113_1850 |  |  | Liverpool City Council | 28/06/2005 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
15593 | Irbymill Hill |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 325142 | 385924 | Lower Keuper Sandstone | 3505 |  | 27146 |  |  |  | Cheshire_12SE_1899 |  |  | Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council | 28/06/2005 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
15594 | Grange Hill |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 320870 | 387365 | Lower Keuper Sandstone | 3505 |  |  |  |  |  | Cheshire_12NE_1927 | '[NAME]' |  | Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council | 28/06/2005 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
15595 | [NAME] |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 327483 | 384804 | Lower Keuper Sandstone | 3505 |  |  |  |  |  | Cheshire_13SW_1899 |  |  | Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council | 28/06/2005 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
15596 | Smallwood | Heswell Hill | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 326360 | 382471 | Heswall Hill Stone | 3513 |  | 27045, 27046, 27047 |  |  |  | Cheshire_22NW_1935 |  |  | Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council | 28/06/2005 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
15597 | Heswell Hill |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 326200 | 382480 | Heswall Hill Stone | 3513 |  | 27045, 27046, 27047 |  |  |  | Cheshire_22NW_1935 |  |  | Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council | 28/06/2005 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
15598 | Old Park | [NAME] Mount | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 335459 | 389276 | Brownlow Hill Stone | 3511 |  |  |  | Old street map included in book namely Aiken, J. 1795., A description of the country from thirty to forty miles round [NAME], [NAME] and [NAME], [NAME], Friends of St James Cemetery , http://www.stjamescemetery.co.uk | Once large quarry, much referred to in historical text as having supplied stone for the early dock walls in Liverpool as well as a number of 18th century buildings in the city centre such as much of Liverpool Town Hall. Converted to cemetery, [NAME], after quarrying finished. Stone referred to as yellowish. Stone reported to be soft when cut but hardening after quarrying. Some horizons reported to become friable but other horizons more durable. [NAME] face said to be 380 yards long and in many parts sixteen yards deep, forming a vast perpendicular wall without a vein or crack. Visible exposures here were similar to the visible bedrock exposure of Brownlow Hill Stone at the NE corner of the RC Cathedral Crypt, on [NAME] | Lancashire_106_1851 |  |  | Liverpool City Council | 28/06/2005 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
56749 | [NAME] | [NAME] | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 324360 | 384870 | Lower Keuper Sandstone | 3505 |  | 27147, 27148, 27149, 27150 |  |  |  | [NAME] | 'old working for bedded sst' [NAME] |  | Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council | 11/11/2008 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
56750 | [NAME] |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 331415 | 385085 | [NAME] | 3507 |  |  | One of a group of quarries that supplied building stone both locally, within UK and abroad. | Pers. comm. [NAME] of Wirral Archaeology |  | Cheshire_13_1882, BGS_ch013_sec | 'Quarries' '+20' White & yellow sandst. Marl partings' |  | Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council | 11/11/2008 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
56751 | [NAME] |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 331460 | 384995 | [NAME] | 3507 |  |  | One of a group of quarries that supplied building stone both locally, within UK and abroad. | Pers. comm. [NAME] of Wirral Archaeology |  | Cheshire_13_1882 | '[NAME] (disused) |  | Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council | 11/11/2008 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
56752 | [NAME] |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 331405 | 384750 | [NAME] | 3507 |  |  | One of a group of quarries that supplied building stone both locally, within UK and abroad. | Pers. comm. [NAME] of Wirral Archaeology |  | Cheshire_13_1927, BGS_ch013_sec | 'Quarries' part of 10979 |  | Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council | 11/11/2008 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
56754 | White Stone Quarries | Storeton | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 331495 | 384245 | Bebington Stone | 3508 |  |  |  |  |  | Cheshire_13SE_1899, BGS_ch013_sec | 'Old Quarry' 'Basement Beds' |  | Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council | 11/11/2008 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
56755 | Brown & White Stone Quarries | White Stone Quarries | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 331560 | 384295 | Bebington Stone | 3508 |  |  |  |  |  | Cheshire_13SE_1913, BGS_ch013_sec | 'Quarries' Later workings of 9959 |  | Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council | 11/11/2008 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
56756 | Bunkers Hill Quarries |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 331655 | 384160 | Bebington Stone | 3508 |  | 27292 |  |  |  | Cheshire_13SE_1927, BGS_ch013_sec | Later workings of Bunkers Hill mapped '[NAME] |  | Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council | 11/11/2008 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
56757 | Bunkers Hill Quarries |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 331585 | 384120 | Bebington Stone | 3508 |  |  |  |  |  | Cheshire_13SE_1899, BGS_ch013_sec | Working mapped '[NAME] |  | Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council | 11/11/2008 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
56758 | Bunkers Hill Quarries |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 331525 | 384115 | Bebington Stone | 3508 |  |  |  |  |  | Cheshire_13SE_1927 | Working mapped |  | Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council | 11/11/2008 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
74327 | Eccleston | [NAME] | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 349160 | 394695 | Bunter Pebble Beds | 3519 |  |  |  |  |  | Lancashire_107_1850, BGS_la107_nee_c, RGCPerscomm, GKLPerscomm | 'Sandstone Quarry' 'Brownish red sandstone with scattered pebbles' 'used to build Christ Church in St Helens' 'Paid for by |  | St. Helens Metropolitan Borough Council | 30/03/2009 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
91039 | Bank Hey Delf |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 346477 | 388861 | Lower Mottled Sandstone | 3528 |  |  |  |  |  | Lancashire 114-01 1849 | ''Delf (Sandstone)' |  | Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council | 10/08/2009 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
91049 | [NAME] | Church Stile House | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 339464 | 388931 | Bunter Pebble Beds | 3519 |  |  |  |  |  | Lancashire 113-01 1850 | ''Old [NAME] (sandstone)' |  | Liverpool City Council | 10/08/2009 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
95017 | Bank Delf |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SD | 340441 | 400876 | [NAME] | 3503 |  |  |  |  |  | Lancashire 099-01 1850 | "Delf (Sandstone)' |  | Sefton Council | 16/10/2009 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
95022 | [NAME] |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 340276 | 399419 | [NAME] | 3503 |  | 27327, 27328, 27329 |  |  |  | Lancashire 099NE-07 1928 | "[NAME] (disused)' |  | Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council | 16/10/2009 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
95031 | Mercer's [NAME] |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 341301 | 399824 | [NAME] | 3503 |  |  |  | Merseyside RIGS records | Recorded as red sandstone with mudclasts, cross bedding and joints. Grid reference given as SJ 4127 9984 which differs slightly from that on spreadsheet. | Lancashire 100-01 1850 | "Delf (Sandstone)' |  | Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council | 16/10/2009 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
95032 | Old Rough Delf |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 341749 | 399078 | [NAME] | 3503 |  | 27321, 27322, 27323, 27324, 27325, 27326, 27327, 27328, 27329 |  |  |  | Lancashire 100-01 1850 | "Delf (Sandstone)' |  | Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council | 16/10/2009 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
95033 | [NAME] |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 346700 | 398775 | Pennine Lower Coal Measures sandstones | 3531 |  |  |  |  |  | Lancashire 100-01 1850 | "Delf (Sandstone)' |  | St. Helens Metropolitan Borough Council | 16/10/2009 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
95055 | Marsh's [NAME] |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 353924 | 399209 | Pennine Lower Coal Measures sandstones | 3531 |  |  |  |  |  | Lancashire 101-01 1849 | "Delf (Sandstone)' |  | St. Helens Metropolitan Borough Council | 16/10/2009 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
95061 | [NAME]'s Bridge Quarry |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 351565 | 396139 | Ravenhead Rock | 3532 |  |  |  |  |  | Lancashire 101-01 1849 | "Quarry (Freestone)' |  | St. Helens Metropolitan Borough Council | 16/10/2009 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
95080 | Bromiloe's [NAME] |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 352095 | 396825 | Pennine Lower Coal Measures sandstones | 3531 |  |  |  |  |  | Lancashire 101SW-02 1951 | "[NAME]' |  | St. Helens Metropolitan Borough Council | 16/10/2009 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
95156 | Old Swan |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 339242 | 391176 | Bunter Pebble Beds | 3519 |  | 27245, 27246, 27247, 27248, 27249, 27293, 27294, 27373, 27374, 27477 |  |  |  | Lancashire 106-01 1851 | "Old Delf (Sandstone)' |  | Liverpool City Council | 16/10/2009 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
95157 | New Delf |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 339296 | 391134 | Bunter Pebble Beds | 3519 |  | 27245, 27246, 27247, 27248, 27249, 27293, 27294, 27477 |  |  |  | Lancashire 106-01 1851 | "[NAME] (sandstone)' |  | Liverpool City Council | 16/10/2009 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
95171 | Hey Delph |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 346144 | 394331 | Milnrow Sandstone | 3534 |  |  |  |  |  | Lancashire 107-01 1850 | "[NAME]' |  | Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council | 16/10/2009 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
95298 | Heswall Hill |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 326254 | 382432 | Heswall Hill Stone | 3513 |  |  |  |  |  | Cheshire 022NW-12 1913 | "Quarries' |  | Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council | 16/10/2009 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
95299 | Heswall Hill |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SJ | 326323 | 382531 | Heswall Hill Stone | 3513 |  |  |  |  |  | Cheshire 022NW-12 1913 | "Old Quarry' |  | Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council | 16/10/2009 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
96705 | Red Delf |  | Ceased |  |  | Sandstone | SD | 347027 | 402555 | Pennine Lower Coal Measures sandstones | 3531 |  |  |  |  |  | Lancashire 092-01 1849 | "Delf (Sandstone)' |  | St. Helens Metropolitan Borough Council | 16/10/2009 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
146722 | Church Quarry |  | Ceased |  |  |  | SJ | 332430 | 387510 | Tranmere Stone | 3522 |  |  | One of a line of quarries along the ridge at Tranmere probably leased by [NAME] to build the New Chester Road in 1840. Also used in local red sandstone walls on top of ridge. | Research by [NAME] of Wirral Archaeology, Mortimer, W 1847 History of the Hundred of Wirral, accessed on http://www.archive.org   Fieldwork | Probably leased by [NAME] to build New Chester Road in 1840. One of the probable sources for the surviving red sandstone walls on Tranmere ridge. [NAME] faces no longer visible as covered by retaining walls from a recent building that now occupies the site. May have been part of a larger complex of quarries now occupied by the adjacent Mersey Park. | BGS_ch013_new_cc, BGS_ch013_nec, MSYEH | 'Old Q 20' rsst hard y stained marl bands' 'O.Q 20' sndst' 'Used by [NAME] to build New Chester Road' 'local red sandstone walls' |  | Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council | 05/10/2011 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
146723 | Hillside Road Quarry |  | Ceased |  |  |  | SJ | 332365 | 387715 | Tranmere Stone | 3522 |  |  | One of a line of quarries along the ridge at Tranmere probably leased by [NAME] to build the New Chester Road in 1840. Also used in local red sandstone walls on top of ridge. | Research by [NAME] of Wirral Archaeology, Mortimer, W 1847. History of the Hundred of Wirral, accessed on http://www.archive.org   Fieldwork | Probably leased by [NAME] to build New Chester Road in 1840. One of the probable sources for the surviving red sandstone walls on Tranmere ridge.  Large quarry face can be approached by [NAME]. Rock faces still visible but industrial units have been built in front of them. | BGS_ch013_new_cc, BGS_ch013_nec, MSYEH | 'O Q tp 60' rsst' 'Old Quarry' 'Coarse hard red sandsts. no pebbles, yellow streaks'  'Used by [NAME] to build New Chester Road' 'local red sandstone walls' |  | Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council | 05/10/2011 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
146724 | Olive Mount Quarry |  | Ceased |  |  |  | SJ | 332340 | 387830 | Tranmere Stone | 3522 |  |  | One of a line of quarries along the ridge at Tranmere probably leased by [NAME] to build the New Chester Road in 1840. Also used in local red sandstone walls on top of ridge. | Research by [NAME] of Wirral Archaeology, Mortimer, W 1847. History of the Hundred of Wirral, accessed on http://www.archive.org Fieldwork | Probably leased by [NAME] to build New Chester Road in 1840. One of the probable sources for the surviving red sandstone walls on Tranmere ridge. [NAME] faces still visible behind buildings. | BGS_ch013_new_cc, BGS_ch013_nec, G.Lott, MSYEH | 'OQ' 'to 80' red sndst' 'Tranmere Stone' 'Used by [NAME] to build New Chester Road' 'local red sandstone walls' |  | Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council | 05/10/2011 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
146725 | [NAME] |  | Ceased |  |  |  | SJ | 332255 | 387530 | Tranmere Stone | 3522 |  |  |  |  |  | BGS_ch013_new_cc | '[NAME] rsst y [NAME] '80' sndst' 'Pebbles in Sandstone' |  | Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council | 05/10/2011 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
146726 | [NAME] |  | Ceased |  |  |  | SJ | 332245 | 387487 | Tranmere Stone | 3522 |  |  |  |  |  | BGS_ch013_new_cc | 'Old Q 20' rsst' 'Pebbles in Sandstone' |  | Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council | 05/10/2011 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
146727 | Holt Hill Quarry |  | Ceased |  |  |  | SJ | 332215 | 387895 | Tranmere Stone | 3522 |  |  | One of a line of quarries along the ridge at Tranmere probably leased by [NAME] to build the New Chester Road in 1840. Also used in local red sandstone walls on top of ridge. | Research by [NAME] of Wirral Archaeology, Mortimer, W 1847 History of the Hundred of Wirral, accessed on http://www.archive.org   Fieldwork | Probably leased by [NAME] to build New Chester Road in 1840. One of the probable sources for the surviving red sandstone walls on Tranmere ridge. Located just below Olive Mount, along Holt Hill.  Tunnelled into to provide air raid shelters  during World War II. | BGS_ch013_nec, MSYEH | 'O Qy 30' rsst' 'Used by [NAME] to build New Chester Road' 'local red sandstone walls' |  | Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council | 05/10/2011 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
149207 | Smallwood's [NAME] | Heswall Hill | Ceased |  |  |  |  | 326145 | 382515 | Heswall Hill Stone | 3513 |  |  |  |  |  | Cheshire_22NW_1899 | 'Quarries' |  | Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council | 05/10/2011 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
149211 | Irbymill Hill | [NAME] | Ceased |  |  |  |  | 325255 | 386030 | Lower Keuper Sandstone | 3505 |  |  | Probably used to build surrounding farmsteads such as Hill Bark Farm, built of red sandstone. | Fieldwork, Cheshire RIGS records | Large red sandstone quarry with many clear faces. Remains of vertical drill holes from blasting still visible. Thin flaggy layer observed at top of quarry. | Cheshire_12_1881, Cheshire_12SE_1913, BGS_ch012_secc, MSYEH | Working mapped 'Old Quarry' 'pebbles' 'Probably used to build surrounding farmsteads' |  | Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council | 05/10/2011 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
149212 | Irbymill Hill | [NAME] | Ceased |  |  |  |  | 325180 | 385845 | Lower Keuper Sandstone | 3505 |  |  | Probably used to build surrounding farmsteads such as Hill Bark Farm, built of red sandstone. | Fieldwork, Cheshire RIGS records | Large red sandstone quarry with many clear faces. Remains of vertical drill holes from blasting still visible. Thin flaggy layer observed at top of quarry. | Cheshire_12_1881, Cheshire_12SE_1913, BGS_ch012_secc, MSYEH | Working mapped 'Old Quarry' '30ft coarse hard red sandstones' 'Probably used to build surrounding farmsteads' |  | Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council | 05/10/2011 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
149215 | [NAME]'s Quarries |  | Ceased |  | Circa 1830’s |  |  | 336375 | 390110 | Bunter Pebble Beds | 3519 | 27244 |  | Used as source of building stone for houses and walls on nearby Mason Street in the early 1800’s, including [NAME] house. Only part of the facade, with it’s sandstone dressings still stands. Stone also used to build a complex of arches of unk | Research by [NAME], Manager of Williamson’s Tunnels Heritage Centre, Friends of Williamson Tunnels http://www.williamsontunnels.com  , Fieldwork | Research suggests possibly site of old quarry/quarries, bought cheaply by [NAME]. Stone was extracted by [NAME]’s workforce and used to build houses and walls on nearby Mason Street, including [NAME]’s own house, part of which is still standing. Stone also used for building the many sandstone arches which give the appearance of tunnels when walked through. Only a relatively small part now thought to be tunnelled. Also old quarry features found on site. | MSYEH | 'source of building stone for houses and walls on nearby Mason Street in the early 1800’s' |  | Liverpool City Council | 05/10/2011 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
149217 | Brownlow Hill Quarries |  | Ceased |  |  |  |  | 335820 | 390310 | Brownlow Hill Stone | 3511 |  |  | [NAME] located adjacent to Poor House (Workhouse). This quarry was one of the main sources of Brownlow Hill Stone. | Aiken, J. 1795, A description of the Country from thirty to forty miles round [NAME], [NAME] and [NAME], [NAME], King, C D The Liverpool Brownlow Hill Institution, accessed on the Liverpool Medical Institution website http://www.lmi.org.uk  ,  letter by Sir [NAME] Picton, FSA to G H Morton, dated Feb. 1889 and included on pages 168-169 Morton’s The Geology of the Country around Liverpool. | Old map shows quarry located near junction with [NAME] and Mount Pleasant. On old map the Poor House and the House of Correction are adjacent to the quarry. This quarry was one of the main sources of Brownlow Hill Stone. Old workhouse (Poor House) records show some of the poor working in the quarry to produce stone for building roads. Stone reported to be principally red according to Sir [NAME] Picton, FSA in a letter to [NAME] dated Feb 16th 1889. | MSYEH | 'one of the main sources of Brownlow Hill Stone' 'stone for building roads' 'Stone reported to be principally red' |  | Liverpool City Council | 05/10/2011 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
149218 | Reynolds Park |  | Ceased |  |  |  |  | 342130 | 387605 | Bunter Pebble Beds | 3519 |  |  |  | Merseyside RIGS records | Sandstone quarry, formerly part of Reynolds Park. Steep high faces on north and west sides of quarry. | Lancashire_114NW_1908, MSYEH, BGS_la114_nww_c | 'Old Quarry' 'Building Stone' '30ft thick bedded red sst. [NAME]. qtz pebbles' |  | Liverpool City Council | 05/10/2011 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
149220 | Woolton Quarries |  | Ceased |  |  |  |  | 342070 | 386930 | Woolton Stone | 3520 | 27381 |  |  |  |  | Lancashire_114NW_1908. LOQ1898, LOQ1908 | 'Quarries' 'Building stone' |  | Liverpool City Council | 05/10/2011 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
149221 | Woolton Quarries |  | Ceased |  |  |  |  | 342090 | 386875 | Woolton Stone | 3520 | 27381 |  |  |  |  | Lancashire_114NW_1908. LOQ1898, LOQ1908 | 'Quarries' 'Building stone' |  | Liverpool City Council | 05/10/2011 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
149222 | Woolton Quarries |  | Ceased |  |  |  |  | 342015 | 386995 | Woolton Stone | 3520 | 27381 |  |  |  |  | Lancashire_114NW_1908. LOQ1898, LOQ1908 | 'Quarries' 'Building stone' |  | Liverpool City Council | 05/10/2011 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45
149227 | [NAME] |  | Ceased |  |  |  |  | 349710 | 390230 | Rainhill Stone | 3521 |  |  |  |  |  | [NAME] | Working mapped, joined to [NAME] by a tunnel |  | St. Helens Metropolitan Borough Council | 05/10/2011 | 2012-05-18 15:43:45