Mining and Quarrying
Publications
The following publications and articles related to mining and quarrying are available to download:
The Bath Stone Mines
- 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:
- 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.
Other Areas
- 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.