Monument record 8478/1/2 - Thorpe Underwood Quarry Pits

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{1} In 1913 Desborough Co-operative Society, having purchased the Harrington and Thorpe Underwood estates, began to extract ironstone. An embankment and a length of the route of the quarry railway going to Desborough can still be traced in the fields. Quarrying ceased in the early 1920s.


<1> Morris J., 2010, Harrington and Thorpe Underwood. Under the Ground and Undercover., Unchecked (Article). SNN107715.

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  • <1> Article: Morris J.. 2010. Harrington and Thorpe Underwood. Under the Ground and Undercover.. Hindsight. Northampton Local History Magazine.. Issue 16. Unchecked.

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Location

Grid reference SP 784 804 (point) Central
Civil Parish HARRINGTON, North Northamptonshire (formerly Kettering District)
Civil Parish DESBOROUGH, North Northamptonshire (formerly Kettering District)

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Record last edited

Nov 1 2011 1:49PM

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