Heavitree quarries
When did the Heavitree quarries stop being worked? The old maps provide some evidence.
When did the Heavitree quarries stop being worked? The old maps provide some evidence.
Once upon a time I saw a very old OS map of Exeter in the Treasures of the British Library exhibition. Now through the miracle of Google, I know that it was the Drawing for the first edition Ordnance Survey map of Exeter. 1801 Maps OSD 40.(3).
I found this marvellous book from 1892 in the Westcountry Studies Library, now Devon Archives and Local Studies.
Yesterday, cycling down a section of Woodwater Lane, I noticed a corn cockle in the bank. It struck me that I have cycled down the lane many a time, walked down it occasionally, picked blackberries at that time of year, but I have never really paid attention to it.