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This publication is based on lengthy and extensive research by the late Matt Southway and David Hardwick. It provides a wealth of data on the history and locations of almost all the local coalmines – it is our best seller!

This book documents the history of Celestine Mining in South Gloucestershire. Although this industry was only “small scale” (a maximum of 25 workers), at one time, it was providing over 95% of the world’s Celestine (Strontium Sulphate).

This book covers the accidents which befell the coalminers who worked in the historic Kingswood (South Gloucestershire) Coalfield. Readers will gain a real insight into the lives of the miners, their families and conditions they endured.

This book tells the story of the engines and the men who drove and maintained them. It sets out to tell the technical, social, historical and archaeological stories of the stationary engines used by the Coalpit Heath Colliery Company between 1800 and 1949.

This book details the building of Jarrit Smith’s 1751 Newcomen Engine at Coalpit Heath, South Gloucestershire.

This book details the restoration work carried out by the AIBT and includes the history of the Colliery. As a Scheduled Ancient Monument the work was authorised by English Heritage.

The book is based on the Pentrich Engine using original drawings and photographs. This is a fascinating study of a Newcomen Engine. Anyone with an interest in these Engines will find it invaluable work.

A report on the first ten years of work recording and conserving the coal mining sites of South Gloucestershire.

This publication commemorates sixty years since the closure of Frog Lane Colliery and documents its significant impact on the local community and mining industry in the region.

Memories and sketches from the author, a Bevin Boy, of his time in the collieries of South Wales.

This book details the history of the Bedminster Coalfield, which has never been documented in a book before.