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Bridge Street Mine 1 Poulton Quarry Air Shaft 1 Poulton Quarry Combe Quarry 2 Gripwood Quarry Subway Entrance Combe Quarry 1 Gripwood Quarry Entrance 2 Gripwood Quarry Entrance 1 Gripwood Quarry Tunnel Entrance Gripwood Quarry Main Entrance Woolley Hill Mellowstones Quarry Ladywell Woolley Street Quarry
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Longs Yard, Bradford on Avon.
| NGR: | ST 82702 60636 |
| WGS84: | 51.34454, -2.24974 |
| Length: | 0 m |
| Depth: | 0 m |
| Altitude: | 45 m |
| Tags: | Mine, Shaft, Lost |
| Registry: | wbc |
A slope shaft was uncovered when Long's Yard off Trowbridge Road was redeveloped for housing. It connected into the workings of Bridge Street Mine 1
Alternative Names: Bradford on Avon 7, French Grass Quarry Mine
Notes: The slope shaft would have been and used to haul blocks of Bath stone to the surface. In the nineteenth century, the Long family were famous for quarrying, stone mason work and building connections in Bradford on Avon.
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