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Painswick Hill Quarries, Gloucestershire

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Address: Painswick Hill
North of Painswick
County: Gloucestershire
Postcode: GL6 6TA
Nearest Town: Stroud
Map Reference: SO866114
Grid Reference: E: 386595 N: 211300
Further Information: This was formerly Catsbrain Quarry which is recorded as being worked from the 15th century up until the 1950s (Herbert 1976). Victoria Quarry recorded on the 1886 O.S. Map can be located close by.
Associated Name(s): Catsbrain Quarry, Painswick, Painswick Hill Quarries, Gloucestershire, Victoria Quarry, Painswick.
Period(s) Quarried: Later Medieval, Post Medieval, Modern.