Mining and Quarrying

The following publications and articles related to mining and quarrying are available to download:

• Accidents In Bath Stone Quarries From Newspaper Reports (1384 To 2006) - Compiled by Alan Gray, 2025. 253 pages, 5 MB PDF.

• The Builder - Bath Stone Articles - Transcriptions by Alan Gray, 2025.
  • The magazine ‘The Builder’, a journal of architecture, was first published 1843 and ceased publication in 1966.

• A survey of Bath stone quarry workers, compiled by Alan Gray from records 1851-1921 and 1939:
  • Explanatory Notes
  • Census records of Bath Stone Miners 1851 to 1921
  • 1939 Register of Bath Stone Miners

• Bath Freestone Workings by Liz Price, 1984. [PDF 13 MB].
  • A description of the history and geology of the Bath stone mining areas, including the Box, Monkton Farleigh and Corsham quarries.

• Mendip Miners Census Records 1851 to 1921 compiled by Alan Gray, 2025.

• A Field Survey of the Pits and Rakes of Brockley Combe and Broadfield by Alan Gray, 2006.
  • A Google Earth KML file accompanying the document is also available. See also Axbridge Caving Group Journal June 2006 pages 4 to 19 here.