Crossgates Quarry

Crossgates Quarry is a disused limestone quarry in Crossgates, south of Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England.

Crossgates Quarry
Location
Crossgates Quarry is located in North Yorkshire
Crossgates Quarry
Crossgates Quarry
LocationCrossgates
CountyNorth Yorkshire
CountryEngland
Coordinates54.242325°N 0.424996°W / 54.242325; -0.424996
Production
ProductsLimestone

Fossils

The limestone of Crossgates Quarry is of the Corallian Group. It was said in 1892 that "most of [the] species [of Jurassic rock] in former times marked Scarborough have either come from this or Ayton Quarries."[1] Blake and Hudleston described the rock beds of the quarry as 2 feet of coral rag, 8 feet 1 inch of oolite and corals, 2 feet of the coral shell-bed, and 13 feet 2 inches of oolites.[2]

In 1901, J. A. Hargreaves of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union, commented that "Crossgates quarry lies immediately below the Coral Rag, and although fossils are numerous, it is almost impossible to extract them from the surrounding matrix."[3]

Mining

Crossgates Quarry appears on maps as early as 1854, along with 11 lime kilns in the vicinity.[4] In 1857, Anglo-Saxon human remains were found at the quarry and investigated by Lord Londesborough.[5]

The quarry was home to a lime works. In 1932, there was a fire at an engine shed there, which was attended by Scarborough fire brigade and Viscount Downe's private fire brigade from Wykeham Abbey. Scarborough fire brigade did not attempt to put out the fire as they had no agreement to operate outside the borough.[6] Residents near the quarry complained of noise in 1961 when a new plant was being installed.[7]

In 1983, the quarry was mooted as a potential development site for housing, agriculture, or commerce.[8]

Sources
  1. Fox-Strangwate, C. (1892). The Jurassic Rocks of Britain, Vol. I: Yorkshire. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom. London: HM Stationery Office. p. 344.
  2. Blake, J. F.; Hudleston, W. H. (1877). "On the Corallian Rocks of England". The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London. 33: 326.
  3. "Appendix: 158th Meeting-Wykeham, 22nd June, 1901". The Transactions of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union: Part 29, Issued (with Part 28) to the Members for the year 1902. Leeds: Taylor Bros. 1903.
  4. Ordnance Survey (1854). Yorkshire Sheet 93 (Map). 1:10560. Cartography by Captain Bayly, RE. Southampton: Ordnance Survey.
  5. Buckberry, Joanne Louise (2004). A Social and Anthropological Analysis of Conversion Period and Later Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, Volume II (PhD thesis). University of Sheffield. p. 470.
  6. "Lime Works Fire: Scarborough Brigade Unable to Attend". The Yorkshire Post. 13 July 1932. p. 16. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  7. "No Action on Works Noise". Hull Daily Mail. 2 January 1961. p. 1. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  8. "Scarboro unveils plan for future". Hull Daily Mail. 5 January 1983. p. 7. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
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