Delabole Quarry The area’s slate workings are very old: the place-name “Delabole” appears as early as 1284, with “Delyou Bol” meaning something like “pit of flaky/leafy stone” in Cornish. There is evidence of slate from this area being used long ago: for instance, a Roman villa in the southwest of England used roofing slates traced back to Delabole. In the 16th and 17th centuries, the quarry workings expanded: during the reign of Elizabeth I there were five distinct quarry workings in the Delabo

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