The Ironstone Quarries of the Midlands; History, Operation and Railways; Part Two The Oxfordshire Field

The Ironstone Quarries of the Midlands; History, Operation and Railways; Part Two The Oxfordshire Field

PublisherBook Law Publications
First Published byRunpast Publishing
Printed byThe Amadeus Press
FormatPaperback
LocationNottingham, United Kingdom
This Edition Published2009
Pages / Font252 pages
ISBN 139781907094019
Price£17.99
ChaptersIntroduction Southern Group: -The Blenheim Iron Ore --Fawler Quarries and Mines -The Kings Sutton Area --Neil Bridge Quarries --Astrop Quarries --Aynho Quarries --Sydenham Quarries --Adderbury Quarries (Hook Norton Partnership/Cochrane/Diffield -Bloxham to Hook Norton --Bloxham Quarries (Bloxham & Whiston) --Bloxham Quarries (Pain/Clay Cross) --Great Tew Quarries --North Oxfordshire Ironstone Scheme --Hook Norton Quarries (Hook Norton Ironstone Partnership) --Hook Norton Quarries (H.W. Baker) --Hook Norton Quarries (Brymbo) --Hook Norton Quarries (Earl of Dudley) Northern Group: -The Northamptonshire Quarries --Byfield Quarries --Charwelton Quarries -The Oxfordshire Quarries --Wroxton Quarries ---Formation, Equipment and Early History ---History, 1923-1956 ---Locomotives ---Quarry Machines ---Wagons ---The final years ---The Closure and afterwards -The Warwickshire Quarries --Edge Hill Quarries ---Promotion of the Light Railway ---Layout and Equipment ---The Quarries in Production ---Activity Suspended ---Requisitioning of the Light Railway ---Hopes for Revival of Quarrying ---Present Day Remains --Burton Dassett Quarries Explanation of tables Index
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