Monument record 0583100000 - GALLEY LANE FARM

Summary

A licence to extract coprolites was granted in 1884 and a tramway built to carry the ore down to the canal at Stoke Hammond

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Type and Period (2)

  • QUARRY (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
  • (Former Type) COPROLITE WORKINGS (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

LICENCE FROM SIR P DUNCOMBE TO GRIFFIN & MORRIS IN 1874 TO DIG COPROLITES FROM PART OF HIGH THRIFT & BEGGARS PIECE. A TRAMWAY LAID FROM THE PITS DOWNHILL TO STOKE HAMMOND MEADOW ADJACENT TO CANAL. DIGGING CONTINUED TILL AT LEAST 1886 (FURTHER DETAIL, MAP & PHOTO OF WORKINGS) (B1-2).

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC9994 Article in serial: Bernard O'Connor. 1990. 'THE COPROLITE INDUSTRY IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE', IN RECS OF BUCKS 32 pp76-90. Vol 32.
  • <2>SBC9996 Article in serial: Bernard O'Connor. 1990. 'THE HISTORY OF THE COPROLITE INDUSTRY IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE', IN DUNSTABLE MUSEUM JOURNAL.
  • <3>SBC20218 Unpublished document: CMAG. 1980(?)-2001. Mineral Extraction Sites in Buckinghamshire. D1366.

Location

Grid reference SP 9030 3188 (point)
Civil Parish GREAT BRICKHILL, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Aug 5 2010 6:08PM

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