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Firs Quarry Shaft A3 Firs Quarry Shaft B1 Firs Quarry - Davidge's Bottom Firs Quarry Shaft B2 Byfield Quarry Shaft R3 Firs Quarry - Quarry Bottom (West) Firs Quarry - Quarry Bottom (East) Byfield Quarry Shaft 495 Byfield Quarry Shaft Q1 Firs Quarry Shaft D2 Allotments Quarry Byfield Quarry Shaft T1 Firs Quarry Location Firs Field - Memorial Shaft Byfield Quarry Shaft R4 Stonehouse Quarry West Firs Quarry Shaft D3 Byfield Quarry Shaft R2 Byfield Quarry Shaft R1 Firs Quarry Shaft C1 Stonehouse Quarry North Firs Quarry Shaft 4097 Byfield Mine Location Byfield Quarry Shaft P1 Firs Quarry - Arched Shaft Kelks Quarry Location Byfield Quarry - Allottment Shaft T2 Wilk's Quarry Byfield Quarry Shaft S4 Firs Quarry Shaft I2 Byfield Quarry Shaft S2 Firs Quarry Shaft I5 Kelks Quarry Shaft Firs Quarry Shaft 5316 Firs Quarry Shaft CC4 Firs Quarry - Hadley Shaft Byfield Quarry Shaft S1 Job Salter's Well Firs Quarry Shaft H1 Byfield Quarry Shaft T3 Firs Quarry - Hadley Arms Entrance Byfield Quarry - Irving's Incline Byfield Quarry Shaft S18 Firs Quarry - De Montalt Place Firs Quarry Shaft F1 Byfield Entrance 1 Cox's Quarry Location Byfield Entrance 2 Firs Quarry Shaft H2 Byfield Quarry Unknown Shaft Coxe's Vertical Shaft Quarry Firs Quarry Shaft J1 Firs Quarry Shaft J2 Firs Quarry Shaft J4 Firs Quarry - Hopecot Firs Quarry Shaft J5 Firs Quarry Shaft L5 Firs Quarry Shaft L1 Firs Quarry Shaft L6 Vinegar Down Quarry Air Shaft
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Combe Down, Bath.
| NGR: | ST 75782 62517 |
| WGS84: | 51.36120, -2.34922 |
| Length: | Not recorded |
| Depth: | Not recorded |
| Altitude: | 165 m |
| Tags: | Mine, Shaft, Lost |
| Registry: | wbc |
This shaft was recorded as Shaft A1 when Willies et al (2011) mapped the quarries. It is not shown as a shaft on either on the 25 inch Ordnance Survey maps of 1873-1888 (South West England) or of the 1892-1914 OS maps. However, a well is labelled at this location behind some buildings so it is possible the shaft is either misidentified or wrongly labelled.
North Road was comprehensively developed in the twentieth century and the original building and shaft/well are now lost. It's location would have been under the boundary hedge between 33 and 35 North Road.
Alternative Names: Combe Down Quarries, Combe Down Quarry, Firs Quarry, Firs Mine, 1116
Notes: Combe Down Quarry is the collective name for a collection of quarries including Firs Quarry, Byfield Mine, Allotments Quarry and Coxe's Quarry which started life as separate workings but gradually merged into one giant network covering more than 10 hectares.
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