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47: 54: 29: 504: 231:. Scarborough fire brigade did not attempt to put out the fire as they had no agreement to operate outside the borough. Residents near the quarry complained of noise in 1961 when a new plant was being installed. 204:, 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." 442: 46: 435: 105: 217: 587: 582: 428: 223:
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
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The Transactions of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union: Part 29, Issued (with Part 28) to the Members for the year 1902
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In 1983, the quarry was mooted as a potential development site for housing, agriculture, or commerce.
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in the vicinity. In 1857, Anglo-Saxon human remains were found at the quarry and investigated by
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Quarries." Blake and Hudleston described the rock beds of the quarry as 2 feet of
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and corals, 2 feet of the coral shell-bed, and 13 feet 2 inches of oolites.
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Crossgates Quarry appears on maps as early as 1854, along with 11
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The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London
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Crossgates Quarry is located in North Yorkshire
Crossgates
North Yorkshire
54°14′32″N 0°25′30″W / 54.242325°N 0.424996°W / 54.242325; -0.424996
limestone
quarry
Crossgates
Scarborough
North Yorkshire
Corallian Group
Ayton
coral rag
oolite
Yorkshire Naturalists' Union
lime kilns
Lord Londesborough
Viscount Downe
Wykeham Abbey
The Jurassic Rocks of Britain, Vol. I: Yorkshire
"On the Corallian Rocks of England"
The Transactions of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union: Part 29, Issued (with Part 28) to the Members for the year 1902
Yorkshire Sheet 93
"Lime Works Fire: Scarborough Brigade Unable to Attend"
"No Action on Works Noise"
"Scarboro unveils plan for future"
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Aislaby Quarry

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