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Gripwood Quarry Air Shaft

Windwhistle, Westwood Lane, Jones Hill, Bradford on Avon.

The airshaft to the north of Windwhistle connects into the main Gripwood quarry workings.

Alternate Names: Frome Road Quarry, Jones Hill Quarry, Bradford on Avon 9, Woodside Quarry

Notes: Gripwood Quarry was still active until at least 1911* quarrying for stone. Between 1984 and the 1990s, Darlington mushrooms used it for cultivation. It was offered for sale in April 2011 and was described as a "Disused quarry consisting of 1.7 acres of land with buildings, which gives access to an extensive underground stone quarry of approximately 2 acres."

* Wiltshire Record Office in Chippenham holds a hand drawn and coloured plan of the quarry workings dated 1911.