01/08/2024

Place names of Calne: Quarrydale Close and The Quarry



Quarrydale Close
Both Quarrydale Close and The Quarry are built close to the site of an old stone quarry, the quarry seems to have existed from the mid-1800s[1] and were the main sources of stone for building.

Calne stone is a cross-bedded peloidal limestone, embedded with small shell fragments, known as shelly limestone. It was quarried around Lyneham as well as Calne and is part ofthe Corallian Group of the Upper Jurassic[2].

Quarrydale Close (built c. 1988) is a red brick development of semi-detached houses ranging from 1 to 4 bedroom houses, likely built by Wilcon Homes[3].

The Quarry is a cul de sac of large houses of 3 to 5 bedrooms.

References:
[1] Calne: Economic history | British History Online. 2019. Calne: Economic history | British History Online. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol17/pp79-94. [Accessed 24 September 2019].
[2] Historic England, 2011. Strategic Stone Study
[3] Planning Application N820077F