1829

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Work started at Box Field Quarry.

1830

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1831

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1832

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1833

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1834

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1835

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1836

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Work started on Box railway tunnel.

1837

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1838

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1839

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1840

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1841

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Box railway tunnel was completed.

1842

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1843

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1844

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Work started at Tunnel Quarry.

1845

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1846

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1847

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1848

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1849

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1850

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1851

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1852

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1853

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1854

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1855

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1856

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1857

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1858

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1859

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1860

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1861

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1862

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1863

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1864

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1865

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Work started at Clift Quarry.

1866

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1867

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1868

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1869

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1870

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1871

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1872

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1873

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1874

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Work started at Hudswell Quarry.

1875

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Work started at Ridge Quarry.

1876

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1877

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1878

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New workings started at Ridge Quarry.

1879

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1880

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Work started at Park Lane Quarry.

1881

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Work started at Monkton Farleigh Quarry.

1882

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1883

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1884

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1885

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1886

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Corsham's underground tram network completed and work started at Monks Park Quarry.

1887

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1888

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1889

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1890

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Work started at Sands Quarry and Westwells Quarry.

1891

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1892

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1893

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1894

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1895

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1896

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1897

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1898

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1899

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Work started at Pickwick Quarry.

1900

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Work started at Brocklease Quarry and Eastlays Quarry closed.

1901

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1902

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1903

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1904

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Work started at Goods Hill Quarry.

1905

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Work started at Hartham Park Quarry.

1906

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1907

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1908

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1909

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1910

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1911

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1912

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Sands Quarry closed.

1913

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First World War started.

1914

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Ridge Quarry used as ammunitions store.

1915

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1916

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1917

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1918

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First World War ended.

1919

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1920

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Elm Park Quarry closed.

1921

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1922

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1923

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1924

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1925

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1926

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1927

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1928

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1929

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1930

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1931

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1932

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1933

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1934

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1935

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1936

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Tunnel Quarry and Hudswell Quarry taken over by Government.

1937

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Spring Quarry closed, Copenacre Quarry, Elm Park Quarry and Monks Park Quarry taken over by Government and Royal Engineers start Central Ammunition Depot conversion work.

1938

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Second World War started.

1939

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Spring Quarry, Pickwick Quarry, Hartham Park Quarry, Brocklease Quarry taken over by Government.

1940

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Limpley Stoke and Ridge Quarry closed, Browns Quarry converted to RAF No. 10 Group Command and Copenacre Quarry opens as Royal Naval Store Depot.

1941

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Aircraft factory conversion work starts in Spring Quarry, Monkton Farleigh conversion work completed and Brocklease Quarry and Monks Park Quarry taken out of action by Government.

1942

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1943

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Spring Quarry factory conversion abandoned, South West Command built in Tunnel Quarry and Elm Park Quarry taken out of action by Government.

1944

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1945

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Spring Quarry factory closes, Moor Park Quarry sold off by Government and Browns Quarry became a radar training center.

Second World War ended.

1946

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Ministry of Supplies takes over Spring Quarry.

1947

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1948

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Government plans Burlington.

1949

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Moor Park closed taken out of action by Government.

1950

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Pickwick Quarry taken out of action by Government.

1951

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Plans for Burlington layout complete.

1952

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Browns Quarry became a ROTOR Operations Center and Monks Park Quarry reopens as quarry.

1953

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1954

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Monks Park Quarry taken over by Royal Navy and Government purchase Spring Quarry.

1955

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Browns Quarry taken out of use by Government.

1956

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Corsham to be home of Burlington.

1957

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Burlington conversion work begins and Brocklease Quarry taken over by Wansdyke Security.

1958

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Park Lane quarry close.

1959

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1960

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Monkton Farleigh Depot taken out of action by Government.

1961

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Burlington goes in to operation and Pickwick Quarry closed.

1962

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1963

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1964

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Hartham Park Quarry closed.

1965

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1966

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Eastlays Quarry sold off by Government.

1967

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1968

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Clift Quarry closed.

1969

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1970

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1971

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1972

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1973

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1974

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1975

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Monkton Farleigh Depot sold off by Government.

1976

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1977

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1978

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1979

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1980

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1981

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1982

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Limpley Stoke Quarry reopened as quarry.

1983

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1984

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Monkton Farleigh museum opened.

1985

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1986

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Pickwick Quarry opened as a museum.

1987

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1988

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Eastlays Quarry taken over by Octavian.

1989

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Burlington operations wound down and Graham's Grovel dug out by Monkton Farleigh museum's owners.

1990

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Monkton Farleigh museum closed.

1991

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1992

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1993

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1994

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1995

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Copenacre Quarry closed.

1996

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Monkton Farleigh taken over by Wansdyke Security.

1997

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1998

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1999

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2000

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2001

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2002

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2003

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2004

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Burlington declassified.

2005

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Corsham Quarries Timeline

The history of the Bath stone quarries in and around the Corsham area.

Uses the arrows to scroll up and down the time line.