Photographs and Documents Relating to Quarries in the South of Horton Parish
Photographs and documents relating to quarries in the south of Horton parish including Arcow, Studfold, Foredale, Combes and Helwith Bridge flagg quarry.
hhg037_001. Diagram showing occupants of houses at Foredale in 1910
hhg037_002. Undated monochrome photograph of Studfold quarry together with typescript caption describing how the material extracted was used
hhg037_003. Undated monochrome photograph of the incline at Foredale quarry together with a descriptive caption
hhg037_004. Undated monochrome photograph of benches at Arcow quarry
hhg037_005. Undated monochrome photograph of Miss Jessie Staveley and Wiliam Lambert on engine “Margaret” at Arcow quarry
hhg037_006. Monochrome photograph dated 1930 of Dan and Rose Lambert in Arcow quarry
hhg037_007. Undated monochrome photograph of Fred Dicken aged 83 in retirement after spending 60 years in the quarries
hhg037_008. Undated monochrome photograph of Eddie Garnett, George Longstaff and Bil Wrack – “poppers” at Arcow quarry
hhg037_009. Monochrome photograph dated 1947 of experimental “Knibbs” kiln at Arcow quarry in winter snow
hhg037_010. Undated monochrome photograph of Foredale cottages
hhg037_011. Undated monochrome photograph of Teddy Thistlethwaite operating a mechanical kiln filer at Arcow quarry
hhg037_012. Undated monochrome photograph of Albert Firth beside empty bogie at Arcow quarry
hhg037_013. Undated monochrome photograph of group of named Arcow quarry workers
hhg037_013. Undated monochrome photograph of Nathan Booth and George Lambert at Arcow quarry
hhg037_014. Monochrome photograph dated C1950 of crane filing dumper at Arcow quarry
hhg037_015. Monochrome photograph dated C1950of view into Arcow quarry from top of hill
hhg037_016. Undated monochrome photograph of drum house at Foredale quarry
hhg037_017. Monochrome photograph dated C1980 of kilns at Arcow quarry being demolished
hhg037_018. Undated monochrome photograph of Gilbert Claughton sorting stone on a moving belt at Arcow quarry
hhg037_019. Undated monochrome photograph of new kilns at Arcow quarry
hhg037_020. Copy of map dated 1909 showing location of quarries in the Foredale area of Horton
hhg037_021. Two undated maps showing location of peat and coal roads in parish of Horton
hhg037_022. Undated diagram showing uses of limestone and limestone products in industry
hhg037_023. Photocopy of agreement dated 25 June 1886 between Joseph Hall and the Ribblesdale Lime and Flagg Quarry Company Ltd
hhg037_024. Undated colour photograph of Arcow quarry
hhg037_025. Undated colour photograph of Arcow quarry
hhg037_026. Undated monochrome photograph of named group of workers at Arcow quarry
hhg037_027. Monochrome photograph dated C1960 of Arcow quarry
hhg037_028. Undated monochrome photograph of Loco and driver at Arcow quarry
hhg037_029. Undated monochrome photograph of crane and un-named workers at Arcow quarry
hhg037_030. Undated monochrome photograph of kiln at Arcow quarry
hhg037_031. Undated monochrome photograph of George Mullinder and Maurice Lambert at Arcow quarry
hhg037_032. Undated monochrome photograph of road wagon at Arcow quarry
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Re HHG037_009.
Someone showed me the back page of the recent Newsletter and asked if I could sort the issue out, so here goes.
It isn’t Arcow Quarry – it’s Horton Quarry. It isn’t 1947 either!
In 1949 Settle Limes Ltd, which owned the quarry, decided to replace the ageing kilns they had so bought one Knibbs kiln (this was only the second such kiln to be built anywhere) which alone was so succesful that it bosted output by 15%. It cost them £4174. Because it was so successfull, they bought two updated versions of the 1949 kiln, now called Priest-Knibbs kilns, in 1954. These were gas-fired. In 1960 they bought two more of the same type of kiln and also erected one experimental gas-fired P-K kiln but they couldn’t get this one to work to the required level of efficiency so in 1961 converted it to oil.
The P-K kilns were demolished in 1985 (it might have been 1984) – I watched the last two coming down.
So…
1. not Arcow
2. not 1947
3. not soon pulled down
Regards
David
Dr David Johnson
Author Limestone industries of the Yorkshire Dales
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