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The Quarry
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The Quarry
Bourton on the Hill Quarry. The Gill Brothers rented the quarry from Mr Freeman-Mitford of Batsford.
Bourton on the Hill Quarry. From an indenture of an apprenticeship of three years at the quarry, written in 1897: “he shall not waste the goods of his said masters nor lend them unlawfully to any, he shall not play at cards or any unlawful games whereby his said masters may have any loss… he shall not haunt taverns or absent himself during the customary hours of labour”
Bourton on the Hill Quarry. As part of a 3 year apprenticeship, the Gill brothers would “teach or cause to be taught and instructed in the trade”… and pay “the sum of nine shillings per week during the first year and 10 shillings per week during the last two years of the said term.”
Quarry Café c 1950 Positioned to the right of the current garage
According to “On The Hill”, a village history by EGC Beckworth, Manor House, 1971, stone from the Bourton quarries went to make rockeries at Buckingham Palace and Kew Gardens, and the Mappin terraces at London Zoo!
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