Greenmoor

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Greenmoor is a small hamlet in South Yorkshire, England, close to Penistone and Oxspring. Greenmoor used to be a stone quarry in the last century but has since become a dormitory village for commuters to Sheffield. The historical novel Echoing Hills by Phyllis Crossland is set in Greenmoor. Some of the stone flags around the Houses of Parliament came from Greenmoor. In the early 90s a farm in Greenmoor was home to some of the first goa trance parties in the UK.

[edit] History

Sandstone quarries, once worked on a large scale. During the 19th Century stone paving was transported by sea to London. There was a 'Greenmoor' Wharf at Southwark. Later transport was by rail from Wortley Station where there was a stone sawmill.

Green Moor Delf Quarry stretched back from the Rock Inn

Trunce or California Quarry is to the North West, below the village. There are the remains of a 'Stoneway', a roadway of channelled stone slabs, linking the quarry to Well Hill Road.

Victoria Quarry is to the North East of the village, close to Wortley Top Forge. Close by is a stack of stone slabs, presumably left when the quarry closed.

There were a number of other small quarries in the area.

Since the last quarry closed in 1936, all have been filled in to some degree.