History
Farmington and its Heritage
The Farmington quarry, situated alongside the Fosse Way,
can trace its ancestry back to the times when the Romans were
building their villas in the area. Slightly more recently Farmington ‘Bath’ stone
was used to re-build many famous buildings after the Great
Fire of London in 1666. Farmington stone along with that from
other nearby Cotswold quarries was specified by Sir Christopher
Wren and was transported from the quarry to London - a journey
which was mostly by river and took several weeks.
To this day Farmington stone is still being supplied for buildings in London, but the delivery lorries now complete the journey in just a couple of hours.
In 1901 the grandfather of the present chairman, bought the Farmington Estate in Gloucestershire, comprising 2,500 acres, the village of Farmington and a stone quarry. In those days the quarry was just a small local concern producing building stone for nearby farms and villages, plus the occasional fireplace.
Even more recently, the year 2001 saw Farmington Natural Stone celebrating one hundred years of ownership by the same family.
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