Download or read book The History of the Somerset Coalfield written by Christopher Gordon Down and published by David & Charles. This book was released on 1971 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The History of the Somerset Coalfield written by Christopher Gordon Down and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Little History of Somerset written by Mike Dean and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2020-03-02 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 400 million years ago, the oldest rocks in Somerset were formed. On those rocks, a county was built over thousands of years; from prehistoric man and Roman invasion, through a Pitchfork Rebellion and two world wars to where we are today. Revolution, wassailing, Templars and alchemists – all can be found in this friendly guide to Somerset's colourful history.

Download or read book The Somerset Coalfield written by Shane Gould and published by . This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Coal Question an Inquiry Concerning the Progress of the Nation and the Probable Exhaustion of Our Coal Mines written by William Stanley Jevons and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Somersetshire Coal Canal and Railways written by Kenneth R. Clew and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Victoria History of the County of Somerset written by William Page and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The coal fields of Gloucestershire and Somersetshire written by John Anstie (C.E.) and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Tracing Your Coalmining Ancestors written by Brian Elliott and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2014-02-11 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A meticulous mixture of social and family history . . . Whether or not you have mining connections, this is an interesting socio-economic read.” —Your Family Tree In the 1920s there were over a million coalminers working in over 3000 collieries across Great Britain, and the industry was one of the most important and powerful in British history. It dominated the lives of generations of individuals, their families, and communities, and its legacy is still with us today—many of us have a coalmining ancestor. Yet family historians often have problems in researching their mining forebears. Locating the relevant records, finding the sites of the pits, and understanding the work involved and its historical background can be perplexing. That is why Brian Elliott’s concise, authoritative and practical handbook will be so useful, for it guides researchers through these obstacles and opens up the broad range of sources they can go to in order to get a vivid insight into the lives and experiences of coalminers in the past. His overview of the coalmining history—and the case studies and research tips he provides—will make his book rewarding reading for anyone looking for a general introduction to this major aspect of Britain’s industrial heritage. His directory of regional and national sources and his commentary on them will make this guide an essential tool for family historians searching for an ancestor who worked in coalmining underground, on the pit top or just lived in a mining community. As featured in Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine and the Barnsley Chronicle.

Download or read book Proceedings of the Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society written by Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Waterford Harbour written by Andrew Doherty and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2020-09-30 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Waterford harbour has centuries of tradition based on its extensive fishery and maritime trade. Steeped in history, customs and an enviable spirit, it was there that Andrew Doherty was born and raised amongst a treasure chest of stories spun by the fishermen, sailors and their families. As an adult he began to research these accounts and, to his surprise, found many were based on fact. In this book, Doherty will take you on a fascinating journey along the harbour, introduce you to some of its most important sites and people, the area's history, and some of its most fantastic tales. Dreaded press gangs who raided whole communities for crew, the search for buried gold and a ship seized by pirates, the horror of a German bombing of the rural idyll during the Second World War – on every page of this incredible account you will learn something of the maritime community of Waterford Harbour.

Download or read book Women of the Durham Coalfield in the 19th Century written by Margaret Hedley and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2019-02-25 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The success of the Durham Coalfield and its important role in the Industrial Revolution is attributed to men of influence who owned the land and the pits, and men who worked in the coal-mining industry during the Victorian period. There has been very little written about the importance of the home life that supported the miners - their wives who, through heroic efforts, did their best to provide attractive, healthy, happy home for their husbands, often in appalling social conditions. To provide a welcoming atmosphere at home demanded tremendous resources and commitment from the miners' wives. Despite their many hardships these women selflessly put everyone in the family before themselves. They operated on less rest, less food at times of necessity and under the huge physical burden of work and the emotional burden of worry concerning the safety of their family. Women of the Durham Coalfield in the 19th Century: Hannah's Story addresses the lack of information about the role of women in the Durham Coalfield, engagingly explored through one woman's experience.

Download or read book Somerset Archaeology and Natural History written by Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book First Report of the Commissioners written by Great Britain. Commissioners for Inquiring into the Employment and Condition of Children in Mines and Manufactories and published by . This book was released on 1842 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Collieries of Somerset and Bristol written by John Cornwell and published by Orbit Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work provides text and photographs of the nationalization years of the Somerset coalfield. The book covers 13 pits which were nationalized in 1947, all of which have now closed.

Download or read book Avon Local History Handbook written by John Scott Moore and published by Phillimore. This book was released on 1979 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book British Upper Carboniferous Stratigraphy written by C.J. Cleal and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume summarizes the results of a survey of British Upper Carboniferous sites, undertaken between 1978 and 1990 as part of the Geological Conservation Review (GCR). The GCR was the first attempt to assess the scientific significance of all Britain's geological sites and has proved a landmark in the development of a coherent geological conservation strategy in this country. To ensure that the assessments were based on a firm logical and scientific foundation, the range of scientific interest was divided into ninety-seven discrete subject 'blocks', reflecting the natural divisions of stratigraphy, palaeogeography and geological process; Westphalian stratigraphy and Namurian stratigraphy were two of these blocks. The first stage in the survey was a review of the literature, to establish a compre hensive database of sites. From this, a provisional list of potentially significant sites was made and this was circulated to all relevant specialists in this country and abroad. At the same time, the sites were visited to assess their physical condition and whether the interest was still extant. In some cases, excavation (so-called 'site-cleaning') was carried out to see if the interest of a site could be resurrected or enhanced. The com ments made by the specialists and the field observations were then used to produce a second site list, which again was circulated for comment.