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Byfield Quarry Shaft R1 Byfield Quarry Shaft Q1 Stonehouse Quarry West Byfield Quarry Shaft P1 Byfield Quarry Shaft R2 Byfield Quarry Shaft R4 Byfield Quarry Shaft R3 Firs Quarry Shaft A3 Kelks Quarry Location Byfield Mine Location Byfield Quarry Shaft S2 Byfield Quarry Shaft S4 Kelks Quarry Shaft Byfield Quarry Shaft T1 Firs Quarry Shaft A1 Allotments Quarry Wilk's Quarry Firs Quarry Location Byfield Quarry - Irving's Incline Byfield Quarry Shaft S1 Byfield Entrance 1 Cox's Quarry Location Job Salter's Well Byfield Entrance 2 Byfield Quarry Unknown Shaft Byfield Quarry Shaft S18 Byfield Quarry - Allottment Shaft T2 Firs Quarry - Davidge's Bottom Firs Quarry - Quarry Bottom (West) Firs Quarry Shaft B1 Coxe's Vertical Shaft Quarry Byfield Quarry Shaft T3 Firs Quarry - Quarry Bottom (East) Firs Quarry Shaft B2 Firs Quarry Shaft D2 Firs Quarry Shaft D3 Stonehouse Quarry North Firs Field - Memorial Shaft Firs Quarry - De Montalt Place Firs Quarry Shaft C1 Firs Quarry - Arched Shaft Firs Quarry Shaft 4097 Firs Quarry Shaft I2 Firs Quarry Shaft I5 Firs Quarry Shaft H1 Firs Quarry Shaft CC4 Firs Quarry Shaft 5316 Firs Quarry - Hadley Shaft Firs Quarry - Hadley Arms Entrance Firs Quarry Shaft H2 Firs Quarry Shaft F1 Vinegar Down Quarry Air Shaft Vinegar Down Quarry Firs Quarry - Hopecot
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Combe Down, Bath.
| NGR: | ST 75669 62411 |
| WGS84: | 51.36024, -2.35084 |
| Length: | Not recorded |
| Depth: | Not recorded |
| Altitude: | 165 m |
| Tags: | Mine, Shaft, Lost |
| Registry: | wbc |
Alternative Names: Byfield Mine, Firs Quarry, Firs Mine
Notes: This shaft is shown on a plan (figure 9.2) in 'Finished Labour of a Thousand Hands': The Archaeology of the Combe Down Stone Mines, Bath, Somerset published in 2011. It is also shown on the 25 inch Ordnance Survey maps of 1873-1888 (South West England).
The shaft is now believed lost under the garden at the rear of 8 North Road.
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This entry was last updated: 2026-03-16 14:11:36
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