Purbeck Stone Quarries
Other OS name in the Parish of Swanage
Historical Forms
- the Quarries 1774 Hutch1
- Stone Quarries 1811 OS
Etymology
, the Quarries 1774 Hutch1, Stone Quarries 1811 OS ; there were 63 quarries being worked in Swanage in 1861 (Hutch3 1687) ; they are called quarrs in the articles of ' the Company of Marblers and Stonecutters of the Isle of Purbeck ' drawn up in 1551 (Hutch3 1682–3) , v. quarr(i)ere .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Godlingston Fm formerly Manor Ho, Godlingston Manor
- Herston (Fm)
- Moulham
- Newton, Newton Fm, Newton Manor
- Ulwell, Ulwell Fm, Ulwell Ho
- Whitecliff Fm
Other OS name
- Alderbury Barn, Alderbury Copse
- Anvil Point
- The Aviaries
- Belle Vue
- Buildings Copse
- Caldron Barn Fm
- California Fm
- Carthion
- Conner Cove
- Court Fm or Carrant's Court Fm, Carrant's Court Manor
- Currendon
- Durlston Bay, Durlston Dairy, Durlston Head, Durlston Head Castle
- Forked Down End
- Forres School
- Giant's Grave, Giant's Grave Bottom
- Giant's Trencher
- Godlingston Hill, Godlingston Wd
- Half Moon
- Howcombe Ledge
- Marsh Copse
- Mill Ctgs, Mill Pond
- Mowlem Institute
- Northbrook or Norbrook Fm(lost)
- Oldfeld School
- Old Limekiln
- Peveril Point
- Pier
- Priests Way
- Prospect Fm
- Ragged Rocks
- Round Down
- Round Down
- Scar Bank Ho
- South Barn
- Stepping Stone
- Studland Hill
- Swanage Bay
- Swanage Fm
- New Swanage
- Tanville Ledge
- Telegraph
- Tilly Whim Caves