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Q6. Millstone Grit

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Millstone Grit Pillar   Do you know how the Victorians used this type of sandstone, apart from building?  
   
   


Millstone Grit

The Nonconformist chapel is built from solid millstone grit, which is a type of sandstone quarried in Derbyshire.

Derbyshire Sandstone Chapel