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Rainhill Stone

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Quarries

General Comments:

Not a great deal is known about the quarries that exploited Rainhill Stone. However, a small quarry (Mill Hill Quarry) can be seen on the 1850's O.S. Map and Watson (1911: 152) records it as still being expoited in 1911. It was most famously used for the interior of the Anglican Cathedral in Liverpool built between 1880 - 1978 (Watson 1911: 152). Today the area has been built over.

Known Quarries: Mill Quarries, Rainhill.