Monument record 14960 - Helsby Quarry

<1> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 196/2 c.1845 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

The map and award records this area as a stone quarry owned and occupied by Thomas Brandreth.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ4874, 1874 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

This map depicts the quarry which is accessed off the end of Sandy Lane. Quarry faces are depicted on the south-western, south-eastern and north-eastern sides. Two buildings are depicted on the quarry floor.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ4874, 1898 (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

This map depicts the quarry which is now accessed via a tunnel off a lane connecting the end of Sandy Lane with Robin Hood Lane. A tramway follows this route from the quarry for c.650 metres to the north-west, to a site adjacent to the railway (L&NW & GWJR Birkenhead Line). The quarry has expanded to the south-east. Two cranes and one building are depicted within the quarry.

<4> The GeoInformation Group, 2005, 1940s RAF Aerial Photographs from Operation Review, 106G UK 626 10/08/1945 (Aerial Photograph). SCH4608.

The quarry appears disused.