Monument record MDR7252 - Lime and Lead Works, Dimminsdale, Calke

(SK 375 218) Staunton Lime and Lead Works named on the OS map of 1836. (1) Works extended across the border between Derbyshire and Leicestershire. Lime and Lead Works (Disused), Old Limekilns, Old Quarry (twice) are named on the OS map of 1887. (2) 1901 and 1924 maps as previously, except Old Lime Kilns not published. (3-4) By 1970 the quarries are shown but not named. (5) Calke lead workings and furnace. (7) Six old limekilns indicated on the Derbyshire side of Dimminsdale. Colour photographs of several of these were taken in the early 1980s (8) Dimminsdale Limeworks. 19th century limekilns and flooded quarries on the Harpur Crewe estate, disused by the 1880s, lying adjacent to the lead works of Earl Ferrers on the Leicestershire side of the brook. The lead and limeworks were served by a branch of the Ticknall-Ashby tramway (SMR17715), built to connect with them in 1828-30. The route of the tramway branch can still be seen. Now a nature reserve and S.S.S.I., and the property of Severn Trent Water Authority. (9)