This post is part of a series called Somerset Coal Miners About This Location: Midsomer Norton railway station was on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway between Bath Green Park…
Midsomer Norton
This post is part of a series called Somerset Coal Miners About Somerset Coal: We believe that Somerset coal was first discovered by the Romans. They were in the West…
Midsomer Norton – High Street
This post is part of a series called Somerset Coal Miners About This Location: Welton Hill Colliery was the third and last of the Duchy collieries to be sunk in…
Paulton
This post is part of a series called Somerset Coal Miners About This Location: In the early 1800s, there were at least 9 working coal mines. Paulton hill was the…
High Littleton
This post is part of a series called Somerset Coal Miners About This Location: There were two winding shafts, one square with wooden guides the other round with a 10ft…