Hook Norton ironstone quarries (Baker)
Industrial ironstone quarries in Oxfordshire, UK
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Hook Norton ironstone quarries (Baker)
52.0034° N, -1.4832° E
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The Hook Norton ironstone quarries (Baker) were ironstone quarries at Hook Norton, Oxfordshire, England, operating from the 1890s to the end of the First World War. Two sites were quarried and it was the only Hook Norton ironstone quarry business to be locally owned.
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Quarrying begins
c. 1895
Ore sold to Brymbo
1897
Partnership ceases
1904
Owner dies
1915
Quarrying ceases
1918
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