1. The main study of the exploitation of a quarry area is that of J. A. Best, S. Parker and C. M. Prickett, Using the Environment no. 6.The Lincolnshire Limestone a) Quarries—Weldon and Ketton, 2nd edn. (1981). The fundamental work remains that of Sir Alec Clifton-Taylor, with hisPattern of English Building(London, 1972), and with Arch. Ireson,English Stone Building(London, 1983). The Ely building materials were studied by D. Purcell,The Stones of Ely Cathedral(Ely, nd).
2. The English Medieval Quarry