Mining and Quarrying

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

• 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.

• 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 for the years 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911, 1921
  • Register of employees of the Bath Stone Firm (Bath Area) 1939

• 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.