An illustrated billhead from Flappit Spring Quarry
ACCESS to local stone was an obvious boon in times of building expansion.
This illustrated billhead from Flappit Spring Quarry demonstrates the activities of a once-important local industry.
The 1850s Ordnance Survey shows the Keighley area dotted with quarries, especially on the Oakworth, Fell Lane and Laycock side of town. A trade directory of 1884 lists 10 stone merchants and quarry owners in Keighley, and four at Bingley.
The name of the Three Horses public house up Fell Lane commemorates the trio of Shire horses that used to pull stone-wagons.
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