York Minster

[terrybigfoot]

Where did the stone come from to build this incredible building?

[dot.hawkes]

From the Lime stone quarries i think, Like at mallam and Ingleton, though I've not googled it to check, but it makes sense, there may some more local to York I suppose.

[beejay1124]

magnesian limestone, dot- according to this
http://www.7wonders.org/wonders/europe/england /york/york-minster.aspx

[dot.hawkes]

yep beejay it would have been from mallam, ooo those clynts and grykes of the geography field trips lol
http://www.wildyorkshire.co.uk/naturediary/doc s/lime.html

[beejay1124]

ok , dot--what are they
clints and drykes ?

[manealca]

I have always believed it came from Tadcaster

[terrybigfoot]

I've spent some time researching this now and the stone came from the Jack Daw quarry near Tadcaster. Malham Cove is not a quarry, but the site of a huge waterfall that has long sincedried up, the original river now running underground.