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| HER Number: | MDV123791 |
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| Name: | Grant's Marble works, Teignmouth Road, St Marychurch, Torquay |
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Summary
Grant's Marble Works, shown on the First Edition OS County Series 1:2500 surveyed 1861-2, have become Watcombe Marble Works by 1933
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 917 668 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX96NW |
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| Admin Area | Torbay |
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| Civil Parish | Torbay |
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| District | Torbay |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | ST.MARYCHURCH |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- STONE WORKING SITE (XIX to XX - 1860 AD to 1970 AD (Between))
Full description
Torbay HER record (SMR record). SDV361984.
Imported from Torbay HER
Beer, Phoebe, 1982-3, Transactions of the Torquay Natural History Society, p.68 (Article in Serial). SDV362545.
Grant's Marble Works, shown on the First Edition OS County Series 1:2500 surveyed 1861-2, have become Watcombe Marble Works by 1933 and later Jenkins Marble works. Stone imported from world-wide sources: carrara marble, South African verdite et al.
"marble works" marked on os 6" provisional (1933) map. "works" marked on 6" (1968) map (os).
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV361984 | SMR record: Torbay HER record. |
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| SDV362545 | Article in Serial: Beer, Phoebe. 1982-3. Transactions of the Torquay Natural History Society. . XIX, part 1. p.68. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV44422 | Related to: WORKSHOP in the Parish of (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Feb 26 2019 6:42PM |
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