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Byfield Quarry Shaft R2 Byfield Mine Location Byfield Quarry Shaft Q1 Byfield Quarry Shaft R3 Byfield Quarry Shaft S4 Byfield Quarry Shaft S2 Byfield Quarry Shaft T1 Byfield Quarry Shaft 495 Byfield Quarry Shaft S1 Byfield Quarry Shaft R1 Job Salter's Well Allotments Quarry Firs Quarry Location Byfield Quarry - Irving's Incline Byfield Quarry Shaft S18 Byfield Quarry - Allottment Shaft T2 Byfield Quarry Shaft P1 Byfield Quarry Shaft T3 Firs Quarry Shaft A3 Byfield Entrance 1 Byfield Entrance 2 Cox's Quarry Location Stonehouse Quarry West Byfield Quarry Unknown Shaft Firs Quarry - Davidge's Bottom Firs Quarry - Quarry Bottom (West) Firs Quarry - Quarry Bottom (East) Kelks Quarry Location Firs Quarry Shaft A1 Kelks Quarry Shaft Firs Quarry Shaft B1 Firs Quarry Shaft B2 Wilk's Quarry Firs Quarry Shaft D3 Firs Quarry Shaft D2 Firs Quarry - De Montalt Place Coxe's Vertical Shaft Quarry Firs Field - Memorial Shaft Firs Quarry Shaft H1 Firs Quarry Shaft I2 Firs Quarry Shaft C1 Firs Quarry Shaft I5 Stonehouse Quarry North Vinegar Down Quarry Firs Quarry Shaft CC4 Vinegar Down Quarry Air Shaft Firs Quarry - Arched Shaft Firs Quarry Shaft 4097 Firs Quarry Shaft 5316 Firs Quarry Shaft H2 Firs Quarry - Hadley Shaft Firs Quarry - Hopecot Firs Quarry Shaft F1 Firs Quarry - Hadley Arms Entrance Firs Quarry Shaft J1
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Combe Down, Bath.
| NGR: | ST 75716 62336 |
| WGS84: | 51.35957, -2.35016 |
| Length: | Not recorded |
| Depth: | Not recorded |
| Altitude: | 163 m |
| Tags: | Mine, Shaft, Lost |
| Registry: | wbc |
This is believed to one of Ralph Allen's shafts and was probably used for extracting the Bath Stone to the surface. It was recorded as infilled by Willies et al (2011) with brown silty clay and nineteenth and twentieth century debris.
The shaft is not shown on the 25 inch Ordnance Survey maps of 1873-1888 (South West England) or of 1892-1914.
The shaft is lost under a patio to the rear of 37 Westerleigh Gardens.
Alternative Names: Byfield Mine, Firs Quarry, Firs Mine
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This entry was last updated: 2026-03-10 11:31:40
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