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Stancliffe Estates Company

The company that reopened the Stancliffe quarries at Darley Dale after buying the estate from Sir Joseph Whitworth's trustees in 1897, laying a three-mile branch to the Midland Railway and installing steam saws and stone-dressing machinery by 1913.

Mines operated

MineRegionYears
Stancliffe Quarry Derbyshire 1897–?

Record created: 23 September 2026 · Last researched: 23 September 2026

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