Blisworth Rectory Farm Quarry

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|name= Blisworth Rectory Farm Quarry

|aos= Northamptonshire

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|area= 1.0 hectares

|notifydate= 1986

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Blisworth Rectory Farm Quarry is a {{convert|1.0|hectare|acre|adj=on}} geological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Blisworth in Northamptonshire.{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1001263&SiteName=blisworth&countyCode=&responsiblePerson= |title=Designated Sites View: Blisworth Rectory Farm Quarry | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate = 19 March 2017}}{{cite web|url= http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271001263%27|title=Map of Blisworth Rectory Farm Quarry|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 19 March 2017}} It is a Geological Conservation Review site.{{cite web|url= http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=1396 |title= Blisworth Rectory Farm (Bathonian) |publisher=Joint Nature Conservation Committee|accessdate= 19 March 2017}}

This site exposes White Limestone dating to the Middle Jurassic Bathonian stage, around 165 million years ago. Common fossils are brachiopods, corals and gastropods, and there are also nautiloids and vertebrate teeth.{{cite web|url= https://necmsi.esdm.co.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1001263.pdf|title= Blisworth Rectory Farm Quarry citation|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher= Natural England|accessdate= 19 March 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170320052807/https://necmsi.esdm.co.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1001263.pdf|archive-date= 20 March 2017|url-status= dead}}

The site is on private land with no public access.