Quarry house

BIG N · Post by **BIG N** » Fri 04 Sep, 2009 12:17 am

Not 100% sure this is the right place for this but here goes -A thought struck me today while I was sat in Leeds bus station looking at the Playhouse and Quarry house beyond it.I know the area is called Quarry Hill and that the old flats there were called Quarry Hill flats so Quarry house continues to keep an old name alive, but -Was there actually a Quarry in this location in years gone by and if so, what were they quarrying and for what purpose ???

liits · Post by **liits** » Fri 04 Sep, 2009 10:07 am

I'm not sure how well this will show up but here is a screen capture from Google Earth of part of the 1906 map of the area overlayed on the current view. (edit. click on picture for larger image).

Brandy · Post by **Brandy** » Fri 04 Sep, 2009 4:31 pm

On the 1884 map the area is shown as Quarry hill.

uncle mick · Post by **uncle mick** » Fri 04 Sep, 2009 5:32 pm

Not a lot of help, but it was known as Quarry Hill in the 1841 Census

liits · Post by **liits** » Fri 04 Sep, 2009 6:39 pm

I'll post the same picture without the Google Earth background. It's not the best scan in the world but with a bit of luck, it is possible to see that the piece of what is now York Road running beside St Pat's was called Quarry Hill.

Post by **cnosni** » Fri 04 Sep, 2009 9:14 pm

Well i always wondered where the quarry could have been.Ralph Thoresby,in Ducatus, gives a description of the area as having the appearance of some ancient fortications.I think LS1 has a cd rom of Ducatus,perhaps he can dig out an actual description.Illustrated history of Leeds has a modern day redrawing of a 1560 plan of Leeds,the earliest known.It shows Quarry Hill and houses on mabgate.What interests me is that in the early Parish registers for Leeds there are numerous,successive references to "Quarrel" Hill.I wonder??

liits · Post by **liits** » Fri 04 Sep, 2009 9:39 pm

There was a smashing book published some years ago, "Momento Mori" which was dedicated to Quarry Hill Flats.

LS1 · Post by **LS1** » Sat 05 Sep, 2009 1:07 am

cnosni wrote: Well i always wondered where the quarry could have been.Ralph Thoresby,in Ducatus, gives a description of the area as having the appearance of some ancient fortications.I think LS1 has a cd rom of Ducatus,perhaps he can dig out an actual description.Illustrated history of Leeds has a modern day redrawing of a 1560 plan of Leeds,the earliest known.It shows Quarry Hill and houses on mabgate.What interests me is that in the early Parish registers for Leeds there are numerous,successive references to "Quarrel" Hill.I wonder?? I'll look for it and dig it out and post it....

Post by **chameleon** » Sat 05 Sep, 2009 9:03 am

LS1 wrote: cnosni wrote: Well i always wondered where the quarry could have been.Ralph Thoresby,in Ducatus, gives a description of the area as having the appearance of some ancient fortications.I think LS1 has a cd rom of Ducatus,perhaps he can dig out an actual description.Illustrated history of Leeds has a modern day redrawing of a 1560 plan of Leeds,the earliest known.It shows Quarry Hill and houses on mabgate.What interests me is that in the early Parish registers for Leeds there are numerous,successive references to "Quarrel" Hill.I wonder?? I'll look for it and dig it out and post it.... The Quarry?

Post by **cnosni** » Sat 05 Sep, 2009 5:18 pm

chameleon wrote: LS1 wrote: cnosni wrote: Well i always wondered where the quarry could have been.Ralph Thoresby,in Ducatus, gives a description of the area as having the appearance of some ancient fortications.I think LS1 has a cd rom of Ducatus,perhaps he can dig out an actual description.Illustrated history of Leeds has a modern day redrawing of a 1560 plan of Leeds,the earliest known.It shows Quarry Hill and houses on mabgate.What interests me is that in the early Parish registers for Leeds there are numerous,successive references to "Quarrel" Hill.I wonder?? I'll look for it and dig it out and post it.... The Quarry? Tut tut tut