Milner Field Estate: Little Beck Delph Woods Quarry Buildings & Remains (Video on YouTube & Spotify)

The Old English word Delft meaning to Dig, Quarry, or Mine became Delph, signifying a Quarry, Mine or Clay pit. Delph Woods is the site of Milner Field House, the Gothic Country Mansion build by Titus Salt Jr for his wife Catherine, (built between 1869-1873) - the wider estate comprised of an existing Old Manor House, which along with Stubbings Farm was demolished due to disrepair. It is clear that an extensive quarrying operation was on site during the building of the estate, and much remains including the footprints, and remaining foundations of at least two buildings in the main quarry site, plus debris and broken tool parts, bricks, slates and much more. I took a walk along this tree lined miniature glen again recently to examine how this lost chapter of the Milner Field & Salt Family history could have been set up, in order to provide the stone masonry for the building of the house and estate. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-bottomley0/message