Bibliography
The list which follows is by no means exhaustive, but the books and articles listed give a good overview of the subject.
Niall Allsop, "The Somersetshire Coal Canal Rediscovered" (Bath: Millstream Books, 1993)
John Anstie, "The Coal Fields of Gloucestershire and
Somersetshire, and their Resources" (London: Edward Stanfield, 1873)
Penny Bonsall, "The Somerset Coalfield, 1947-1973: Attitudes and Responses to Pit
Closures," "Southern History" 11 (1989), pp 114-130
R A Buchanan & Neil Cossons, "The Industrial Archaeology of the Bristol
Region" (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1969)
"Bristol and Somerset Coalfield Regional Survey Report"
(London: HMSO, 1946)
John A Bulley, ""To Mendip for Coal" - a Study of the Somerset Coalfield
before 1830, Part 1: Output, Marketing and Techniques of Mining," "Proceedings
of the Somersetshire Archaeological & Natural History Society" XCVII (1952), pp
46-78
John A Bulley, ""To Mendip for Coal" - a Study of the Somerset Coalfield
before 1830, Part 2: Masters and Men," "Proceedings of the Somersetshire
Archaeological & Natural History Society" XCVIII (1953), pp 17-54
"Children's Employment Commission, Appendix to First Report of
Commissioners, Mines, Part II, Report and Evidence from Sub-Commissioners" (PP 1842,
XVII)
Kenneth R Clew, "The Somersetshire Coal Canal and Railways" (Newton Abbot: David
& Charles, 1970)
John Cornwell, "Collieries of Kingswood and South Gloucestershire" (Cowbridge: D
Brown & Sons, 1983)
C G Down & A J Warrington, "The History of the Somerset Coalfield" (Newton
Abbot: David & Charles, nd)
Fred Flower, "Somerset Coalmining Life" (Bath: Millstream Books, 1990)
Fred Moss, "City Pit" (Bristol: Bristol Broadsides, 1986)
"Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Several Matters relating to Coal in the United Kingdom, Volume I" (London: HMSO, 1871)