Kingswood Coal by Matt Southway, David Hardwick and Steve Grudgings.
Summary: 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!
Publisher: Edited by SGMRG from original BIAS publications. May 2015, 5th edition, originally published in 2008.
Price: £8.00 + £2.50 p&p.
Overview
Thirty-six pages of history and information about the coalfields in Bristol and South Gloucestershire, this book will tell you things you did not know. The book is in four sections, each with a detailed map.
1. From the Avon to Warmley
2. From Warmley to Nibley
3. The Bedminster Connection
4. Cromhall, Rangeworthy and Yate
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These sections are followed by a list of colliery-related sites with significant remains in 2008 (most of which are still extant). This is followed by an index of the pits referred to in the text with their map references. The book contains several previously unpublished photographs. This will help you spend many happy hours walking around some of the less well-known corners of South Gloucestershire.