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Eccleston Quarry. Coordinates: 53.6291°N 2.7291°W. Eccleston Quarry is a mile south of Eccleston, Lancashire. It is also called Eccleston Delph and Eccy Delph (pronounced "ekky"). It is an old stone quarry that flooded. It is a popular site for scuba diving.
Apr 8, 1995 · From early times. Eccleston Delph has been known as the Eccy Delph, or Hurst House Delph for the last century, and was mined by 12 local quarrymen producing stone for Blackpool Promenade and thin slates to cover the local barns and roofs. The Family of "Hurst" who originally owned and worked the Quarry, were well known in the area as Mr Hurst ...
In 1974 he was a hard-up salesman. By the time he died in 1979 he was worth millions. So too were others who controlled the biggest dope ring Australia has ever known. Conservative estimates put the earnings of the "Kiwi Connection" in five years at 250 million N.Z. Dollars (£125 million).
'Eccy Delph' was redeveloped into the diving centre from 2000 onwards, here are a few photos Many thanks to Smudge at ProScuba for providing some of the photos on this page. October 23-29 2004 Vol 196 No 3363
Lowertown Burial Ground - Oxenhope. So why was the quarry originally called 'Deep Arse Delph’? ... The name of the quarry, or 'Delph', using the old name for a quarry, is listed as this as far back as the official Tithe Award Survey of 1851.
Eccleston Quarry is a mile south of Eccleston, Lancashire. It is also called Eccleston Delph and Eccy Delph (pronounced "ekky"). It is an old stone quarry that flooded. It is a popular site for scuba diving. Visibility is generally very poor and ropes have been strung between each underwater 'feature' to aid navigation, since traditional ...
Eccleston Quarry is a mile south of Eccleston, Lancashire. It is also called Eccleston Delph and Eccy Delph (pronounced "ekky"). It is an old stone quarry that flooded. It is a popular site for scuba diving. Visibility is generally very poor and ropes have been strung between each underwater 'feature' to aid navigation, since traditional compass methods are all but impossible in the murky ...
