Irchester Quarries

Sectors:

  • Extraction Iron ore extraction

Notes:

Traced origins to Butlin, Bevan & Co Ltd who opened quarry in c1872. Subsequently owned by Thomas Butlin & Co Ltd from 1899 and James Pain in 1912. 1922 sold by latter to newly formed Irchester Ironstone Co Ltd, a subsidiary of Cargo Fleet Iron Co Ltd based in North East England. After other changes of ownership Irchester Ironstone Co Ltd subsumed into British Steel Corp. Quarries closed 1969

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