Chris
Two sources you could try are:
South West Granite, by Peter Stanier, published by Cornish Hillside
Publications
The Railways, Quarries & Cottages of Foggintor, by Kath Brewer,
published by Orchard Publications, Chudleigh
Michael Messenger
In message <000101bf7a4a$76e8cc80$d102893e@pbncomputer>, Christopher
STONE <[log in to unmask]> writes
> Foggintor, a granite quarry lies a mile or so west of Princetown on
> Dartmoor in Devon.
> In 1883 the Great Western Railway built a line to Princetown from
> Yelverton, utilising much of the trackbed of the former Plymouth &
> Dartmoor Railway, which passed close to the quarry on its southern
> side. The GWR installed a siding here for quarry use and named it
> Royal Oak Siding.
> In later years the quarry itself became known for a while as Royal
> Oak Quarry but the GWR name precedes this.
> Has anybody any information on why the GWR chose this particular
> name for the siding?
>
> Also, does anyone know the London address of William Johnson,
> Johnson Bros or Johnson & Bryce, stone merchants, between c1820 and
> c1880 or where I could find out myself?
>
> Chris Stone
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