19th century Northumberland quarry to reopen as controversial plans approved after six-year dispute

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    Chronicle Live: 1 March 2022. "....Councillors have backed proposals to allow up to 5,200 tonnes of sandstone to be extracted from the Prudham Quarry, close to the village of Fourstones near Hexham....The Victorian quarry, historically known as Prudhamstone, was heavily worked from around 1830 to 1914 and was last in use in the early 1980s, but is now woodland and home to the well-known 'Blue Lagoon'....
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    Link: https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/19th-century-northumberland-quarry-reopen-23256865
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