Windy Nook
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Windy Nook Quarry
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Item Description: Windy Nook Quarry is shown here in this
photograph, taken after 1904. The owners were R. Kell & Co.
Quarrying was an ancient occupation in this area and there were many
quarries in the vicinity.
Richard Kell was the second son of Ebenezer Kell of Felling Shore.
Born in 1749, Richard began quarrying at Heworth Shore in 1784. The
family continued the business of quarrying throughout the 19th century,
establishing quarries at High Heworth and Windy Nook, amongst others.
St. Alban’s Church, Windy Nook Board Schools, the Co-operative Society
and Windy Nook Fever Hospital are among the many buildings built with
stone from Kell’s Quarry at Windy Nook. The quarries became run down in
the first half of the 20th century and were eventually filled in during
the 1960s.
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iSee Gateshead Old Pictures : GL002397
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Men fashioned the huge slabs of stone into blocks. Here we see the men of Windy Nook Quarry preparing the blocks for shipment. The bigger quarries had blacksmith’s shops and smiths to repair the men’s tools and manufacture the crates, chains and hooks for lifting.
The community of quarrymen and masons lived near the quarries in little stone cottages belonging to the owners. In Windy Nook, these were Drummond’s Row, Albion Street and Stone Street.
Turning a Pulpstone
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Grindstones at Windy Nook Quarry
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Employees at Windy Nook Quary
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Quarrying blocks for pulpstones and grindstones
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Shaping stone blocks for pulpstones and grindstones
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Reference Number: GL002394
Quarryman with grindstone
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Reference Number: GL002396
Employees at Windy Nook Quarry
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Employees at Windy Nook Quary
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Sawing blocks of stone for grindstone, Windy Nook Quarry
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Grindstones at Windy Nook Quarry
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Date: C1930
Reference Number: GL002428
" ln every corner of the earth you may find a Scot, a rat, and a Newcastle grindstone."
In 1776, 560 grindstones were exported to Holland from Newcastle; 467 to France; 139 to Germany; 12 to England; 155 to Prussia; QQ to Russia; 15 to Sweden, "c. They are chiefly won at Byker Hill, Whickham Banks, and Gateshead Fell.
Windy Nook Quarry
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You can see grindstones everywhere. Whilst that was a major export to all parts of the World, building stone was produced and, for example, St Alban's Church at Windy Nook was built with it
Steam truck, Windy Nook Quarry
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