Quarry, Rock Spinney, 700m N of Bubbenhall

Description of this historic site

The site of a quarry and a house dating back to at least the Imperial period. They are marked on a tithe map of 1841. The quarry is visible as an earthwork. The site is located at Rock Spinney, 1km north of Bubbenhall.

Notes about this historic site

1 A field centered on the above NGR on the 1841 tithe map was labelled “Quarry Close and buildings incl. the Rock Cottage Yard Garden etc”.
2 Although no further documentary reference to the site was found, an elderly villager in Baginton can remember living in the cottage before WWI.
3 The cottage is now derelict, with only the chimney stack still standing (though the remains of the walls are just visible at ground level) and a pile of bricks heaped up at the other end of the building. The area, now called Rock Spinney, has classic signs of open-cast quarrying – now being covered with scoops of varying size and depth.

More from Baginton