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Rally Quarr, Taynton, Oxfordshire

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Address: South of Crow's Castle Hill
North of Taynton
County: Oxfordshire
Postcode: OX7 6HZ
Nearest Town: Burford
Map Reference: SP240156
Grid Reference: E: 424071 N: 215609
Further Information: Rally Quarr is a corruption of 'Railway Quarry,' this quarry supplied the stone for the numerous bridges over the River Evenlode on the Oxford-Worcester line, constructed 1846-52 (Arkell 1947: 57).
Associated Name(s): Rally Quarr, Taynton, Oxfordshire.
Period(s) Quarried: Post Medieval.