Amalgamated Roadstone Corporation (ARC) was a British stone quarrying company.

History

Amalgamated Roadstone Corporation Ltd. was formed on 23 April 1935 to acquire six quarry companies in Britain. These were Betty and Tom Ltd, Carreg-y-Liam Quarries Ltd, National Road Materials Ltd, National Roadstone Ltd, Port Nant Quarries Ltd, and Roads Reconstruction (1934) Ltd. In 1947 ARC acquired the majority of the shares of the British Quarrying Co Ltd (BQC) and its associated quarries. By 1958 the company owned 58 quarries. The company was acquired by

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as part of its acquisition of

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in 1989.

Locations

Locations of Quarries include:

Avon

* Conygar Quarry,

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(formally Roads Reconstruction (1934) Ltd.) - closed 1935 * Grovesend Quarries, Tytherington (formally Roads Reconstruction (1934) Ltd.) * Sandford Quarry,

Banwell Banwell is a village and civil parish on the River Banwell in the North Somerset district of Somerset, England. Its population was 3,251 according to the 2021 census. Toponymy Banwell's name is first securely attested around the year 900 i ...

(formally Roads Reconstruction (1934) Ltd.) * Winford Quarry,

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(part of St. Kevern & Associated Quarried Ltd. subsidiary) - closed 1954

Cornwall

* Penlee Quarries (formally Penlee Quarries Ltd.) - closed 1972 * Rosenython Quarry, St. Keverne (formally West of England Road-Metal Co. Ltd.) * Stepper Point Quarry,

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(part of Cornish Road-Metal Ltd. subsidiary) - closed 1948 * Porthallow & Porthoustock Quarries, St. Keverne (part of St. Kevern & Associated Quarried Ltd. subsidiary) - closed 1958

East Lothian

* East Saltoun Quarry,

Pencaitland Pencaitland is a village in East Lothian, Scotland, about south-east of Edinburgh, south-west of Haddington, and east of Ormiston. The land where the village lies is said to have been granted by William the Lion to Calum Cormack in 1169, ...

(part of Amalgamated Lime Co. Ltd.)

Kent

* Borough Green Works,

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(formally British Quarring Co. Ltd.)

Somerset

* Cranmore Depot (formally Roads Reconstruction (1934) Ltd.) * Emborough Quarry (formally Roads Reconstruction (1934) Ltd.) - closed 1965 * New Frome Quarry (formally Roads Reconstruction (1934) Ltd.) * Vobster Quarry, Mells Road (formally Roads Reconstruction (1934) Ltd.) - closed 1966 * Windsor Hill Quarry,

Shepton Mallet Shepton Mallet is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Somerset, England, some southwest of Bath, Somerset, Bath, south of Bristol and east of Wells, Somerset, Wells. It had an estimated population of 10,810 in 2019. ...

(formally Roads Reconstruction (1934) Ltd.) - closed 1942

Worcestershire

* Malvern Central Plant Workshops

References

Building materials companies of the United Kingdom Non-renewable resource companies established in 1935 British companies established in 1935 1935 establishments in England Non-renewable resource companies disestablished in 1989 1989 disestablishments in England 1989 mergers and acquisitions British companies disestablished in 1989 {{UK-company-stub