Basics

Geology: shelly limestone

Rock unit: Bee Low Limestone Formation

Age: Carboniferous

Provenance: Middleton, Derbyshire

 

Where to see example

stone tablet to Ms Babbington in nave (south side)

Kent Cyclist Batallions

memorial plaque to Edward Youde

part of the memorial to Archbishop Davidson

 

Description 

Hopton Wood Stone is a type of limestone quarried west of Middleton-by-Wirksworth, Derbyshire, England.  Described as "very fine, almost like marble" and as "England’s premier decorative stone", it is particularly suited to carving, making it popular for tombstones, sculpture and building.