Quick Question - Quarries?

Except Stonehenge.

Yes, you can see that each area of the country has its own type of stone in the buildings.  I just wondered if they knew where all the medieval quarries were.  I guess the answer is - everywhere!

Thanks, Mike.

Portland stone from Dorset was, effectively, London's local stone. Examples of it there would be St Paul's cathedral, the Cenotaph, the British Museum, the National Gallery, the Bank of England. In the US, the UN building in New York is made of Portland stone too.

Wiltshire also supplied a lot of stone for buildings from undrground quarries; the buildings of Bath are one example. One of these very large underground Wiltshire quarries became a government bunker for decades during the Cold War.

The history of underground England can be just as interesting as what you can see on top. In West Wycombe, a former chalk quarry was used by the nortorious Hell Fire Club run by Francis Dashwood. One of his occasional visitors and friend was Post Master General, Benjamin Franklin, and I doubt US school text books will inform students of their antics down the caves west of High Wycombe, Bucks. 

Paul, my friend!  How good to see you.  Hope you are well.  A wealth of info as usual.  You're a walking Encyclopedia Britannica, or should I say Wikipedia.  lol

Have you read The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett?  When I saw those pictures, this book is what it made me think of.  What do you know about York Minster?  It's kind of a darker stone, but not as darkish, grayish as a lot of the Yorkshire buildings are.

One of his occasional visitors and friend was Post Master General, Benjamin Franklin, and I doubt US school text books will inform students of their antics down the caves west of High Wycombe, Bucks. 

LOL, yes, we are brought up to only know the stories of how wonderful our "heroes" were and only the wars we win. 

Great to see you here Paul.

I have a cousin who lives in Box, wilts, I believe he sits pretty much on top of that bunker.