Quarry behind Jimmy's?

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We used to play on a large grassed area we knew as The Quarry. It was situated in the area bounded by Lincoln Road and Dolly Lane and is now part of Jimmy's. But what had been quarried there?    

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Looks as though it was clay for the nearby brickworks Geordie.

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Ah right. Wonder when it was closed and grassed over?

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Have alook on 'Old maps', Ionly looked at the oldest - it's shown on there, might give you a clue.http://www.old-maps.co.uk/

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most definitely something to do with the burmantofts pottery, Drapesy's the oracle on all things burmantoft's, he will be able to tell you more.just thought id add that my favorite named street in leeds is down that way its Stoney rock lane!don't ask me why i like it?? i just do lolanybody else got a "favorite named street" in leeds?    
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It's not this one is it? "No date. Claypit with tramway coming in from centre bottom. Roundhay Road is running parallel with Chapeltown Barracks towards right centre. In between the two roads are the Enfield, Grant and Badminton streets. Roundhay Road Council School fronts the main road."http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?reso ... SPLAY=FULL    
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Gosh thanks for all the replies. I don't think anyone's quite got a handle on this one. The photo with Roundhay Road at the bottom is too far north. Not sure how to link to Google maps but this is the area between Dolly Lane and Lincoln Road: http://tinyurl.com/6zl3xg

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I'll bet it's not you know, the big road in the middle is Roseville Road, not Roundhay, which was what I though when I first looked at it. If you look on your goole image map, it's only the other side of Dolly Lane so i reakon it was all part of the same quarry based on where your green arrow is (could be totally wrong but heigh ho!)
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