E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Purbeck (Dorsetshire).
Noted for a marble used in ecclesiastical ornaments. Chichester cathedral has a row of columns of this limestone. The columns of the Temple church, London; the tomb of Queen Eleanor, in Westminster Abbey; and the throne of the archbishop in Canterbury cathedral, are other specimens.
