Bristol Coal Industry
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- Author(s) Ramsey, Keith
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2003
- Pages 32pp; illus
- Publisher Historical Association, Bristol Branch
- Place Published Bristol
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Provides an overview. Sections include: 'The coalfield'; 'The coalfield before 1854'; 'After 1854 - the scale of the industry'; 'Some mid-Victorian views of the industry'; 'Decline of the industry'. An appendix provides a listing and short profiles of 'Major colliery owners in the Bristol area. They are: 'Ashton Vale Iron Co'; 'Bedminster Coal Co'; 'Bedminster, Easton, Kingswood & Parkfield Collieries Ltd'; 'Handel Cossham'; 'East Bristol Collieries Ltd'; 'Leonard Boult & Co'; 'Smyth family'