| mining |
Grant of Privileges by Aethelred. Bristol. 0883 . MSS, transcribed in British Museum MS Cotton Tib. AXIII, f.50a-51b |
| Pen Park Hole |
Grant of Privileges by Aethelred. Bristol. 0883 . MSS, transcribed in British Museum MS Cotton Tib. AXIII, f.50a-51b |
| Lost Cave of Cheddar |
Historia Anglorum. Huntingdon, Henry of. c.1135 . MSS, ref. to T.R. Shaw's Mendip Cave Bibliography No. 394 [q.v.] for brief outline of MSS held in the British Library |
| Lost Cave of Cheddar |
Wonders of Britain. Anon. c.1200-1500 . MSS, Brit. Lib., variety of titles e.g. De mirabilibus britannia and Mirabilia anglie. [ref. Shaw, Men Bib Pt.II for full details] |
| Lost Cave of Cheddar |
Polychronicon. Higden, Ranulph. 1327 . Latin text in MSS copied by 1327, 15th C MSS in English [trans. n/k];Trevisa's English trans. made in 1387 & printed in 1480 & 1495. Other edns 1527 and 1865-86 [copy in Bristol Cen Ref. Library] |
| Wonders of Britain |
[Collection of mediaeval MSS all of which include details of 4 Wonders of England]. Anon. 13th-15th C. . MSS, various sources including the Cotton MSS. All housed in British Library. Ref. Shaw, Men Bib Pt. II, No. 477 for further details. |
| Ghyston Cave [Giant's Cave] |
Itinerarium .... Worcester, William of. c.1478 . Cambridge MSS at Corpus Christi College, No. 210 |
| Wookey Hole |
Itinerarium .... Worcester, William of. c.1478 . Cambridge MSS at Corpus Christi College, No. 210 |
| Ghyston Cave [Giant's Cave] |
[Episcopal Register of the Diocese of Ely]. Alcock, John. 1492 . Cited in Rotha Mary Clay, 1914 : The Hermits and Anchorites of England [q.v.] |
| mining |
Assertic inclytissimi Arturi regis Britanniae.. Leland, John. 1544 . London: [Ioannem Herford], [viii]+[78](numbered as f.1-39)+[i]pp [1st ed. - Latin text] |
| Wookey Hole |
Assertic inclytissimi Arturi regis Britanniae.. Leland, John. 1544 . London: [Ioannem Herford], [viii]+[78](numbered as f.1-39)+[i]pp [1st ed. - Latin text] |
| mining |
[Mining Laws governing mining on Mendip and elsewhere]. Mendip Mining Laws. c.1555 . London, Kew : Public Record Office, State Domestic Papers, Eliz., vol. 287, item no. 97, MSS, 3p |
| Lost Cave of Cheddar |
An Historicall Description of the Islands of Britayne ... [in] Holinshed, Raphael : The Chronicles of England, Scotlande and Irelande .... Harrison, William. 1577 . London : John Harrison, 1st ed., Vol. 1, f.1-124 |
| Wookey Hole |
An Historicall Description of the Islands of Britayne ... [in] Holinshed, Raphael : The Chronicles of England, Scotlande and Irelande .... Harrison, William. 1577 . London : John Harrison, Vol. 1, f.1-124 |
| mining |
A Learned and True Assertion of the original, life, actes, and death of ... Prince Arthur, King of geat Brittaine .... Leland, John. 1582 . London: imprinted by John Wolfe ..., [viii]+39f |
| Wookey Hole |
A Learned and True Assertion of the original, life, actes, and death of ... Prince Arthur, King of geat Brittaine .... Leland, John. 1582 . London: imprinted by John Wolfe ..., [viii]+39f |
| mining |
Britannia sive florentissimorvm reg-norm, Angliae, Scotiae, Hiberniae .... Camden, William. 1586 . Londini: Per Radulphum Newbery, [xvi]+556+[xii]pp [ref. T.R. Shaw, Men Bib Pt. II No. 162 for further notes] |
| Wookey Hole |
Britannia sive florentissimorvm reg-norm, Angliae, Scotiae, Hiberniae .... Camden, William. 1586 . Londini: Per Radulphum Newbery, [xvi]+556+[xii]pp [ref. T.R. Shaw, Men Bib Pt. II No. 162 for further notes] |
| Lost Cave of Cheddar |
An Historicall description of the Iland [sic] of Britayne ... [in] Holinshed, Raphael : The Chronicles of England, Scotlande and Irelande .... Harrison, William. 1587 . London : John Harrison, 2nd ed., Vol. 1, f.1-131. |
| Wookey Hole |
An Historicall description of the Iland [sic] of Britayne ... [in] Holinshed, Raphael : The Chronicles of England, Scotlande and Irelande .... Harrison, William. 1587 . London : John Harrison, 2nd ed., Vol. 1, f.1-131. |
| mining |
Britannia, or a chorographicall description of ... England, Scotland, and Ireland .... Camden, William. 1610 . Londini: Gerogii Bishop & Ioannis Norton, [xii]+822+233+[liv]pp, maps, illus [ref. T.R. Shaw, Men Bib Pt. II No. 162 for further notes] |
| Wookey Hole |
Britannia, or a chorographicall description of ... England, Scotland, and Ireland .... Camden, William. 1610 . Londini: Georgii Bishop & Ioannis Norton, [xii]+822+233+[liv]pp, maps, illus [2nd ed. - 1637] [ref. T.R. Shaw, Men Bib Pt. II No. 162 for further notes] |
| Lost Cave of Cheddar |
Poly-Obion. Drayton, Michael. 1612 . London : Printed for M. Lownes, I. Browne, I. Helme, I. Busbie; 1st ed., xi + 303pp, maps |
| Wookey Hole |
Poly-Obion. Drayton, Michael. 1612 . London : Printed for M. Lownes, I. Browne, I. Helme, I. Busbie; 1st ed., xi + 303pp, maps |
| Lost Cave of Cheddar |
Poly-Obion. Drayton, Michael. 1613 . London : Printed for M. Lownes, I. Browne, I. Helme, I. Busbie; 2nd ed., xxii + 303pp, maps |
| Wookey Hole |
Poly-Obion. Drayton, Michael. 1613 . London : Printed for M. Lownes, I. Browne, I. Helme, I. Busbie; 2nd ed., xxii + 303pp, maps |
| Lost Cave of Cheddar |
Poly-Obion. Drayton, Michael. 1622 . London : as 2nd ed but 12 additional 'songs' describibg other counties |
| Wookey Hole |
Poly-Obion. Drayton, Michael. 1622 . London : as 2nd ed but 12 additional 'songs' describibg other counties |
| Wookey Hole |
[A note on a visit to Wookey Hole]. Whitelocke, Bulstrode. 1628 . British Museum, ADD MS 53726 |
| Cheddar Risings |
Camden's Britannia – Somerset [map showing 12 mills where lake now is]. Camden. 1630, 1695, 1753 . Trans Philomen Holland 1st, 2nd & 3rd editions |
| Cliff Hotel Lake Risings |
Camden's Britannia – Somerset [map showing 12 mills where lake now is]. Camden. 1630, 1695, 1753 . Trans Philomen Holland 1st, 2nd & 3rd editions |
| Wookey Hole |
A Relation of a Short Survey of 26 Counties .... Hammon. 1634 . MSS, 32f [other editions: 1834 - E.W. Brayley [ed]; 1904 - L.G. Wickham Legg [ed]] |
| Wookey Hole |
An Apologie .... Hakewill, George. 1635 . Oxford: printed by William Turner ..., 3rd ed., [50]+606+[vi]+378+[viii]pp |
| Wookey Hole |
Philologiae ANAKANYIITH'PION oratione celebratum .... Jacob, Henry. 1652 . Oxford : H. Hall; [xi] + 99pp |
| Giant's Cave |
The Annals of Bristol in the Seventeenth Century [. Latimer, John. p. 250 1654 . Bristol :William George's Sons; [viii] + 514pp. Pub 1900. |
| mining |
Mendip. This Plot Lyeth in the bosome of the forest of Mendip .... Anon. c.1657 . British Library : MSS, 1f Ref: BM.Add.MS.5027A, art.49,f.77b-78a |
| mining |
Mr. Bushell's Abridgement of the Lord Chancellor Bacon's Philosophical Theory in Mineral Prosecutioins.. Bushell, Thomas. 1659 . London: [xv] + 145p, illus [ref. Shaw, Men Bib Pt.2 for further details] |
| Wookey Hole |
England Described .... Leigh, Edward. 1659 . London: printed for Henry Marsh, [xv]+234pp |
| mining |
Britannia Baconica: or, the natural rarities of England ..... Childrey, Joshua. 1660 . London: printed for the author, [xxix]+184 [further eds. dated 1661 and 1662; a French edition also exists, 1667] |
| mining |
An extract by Mr. Bushell of his late abridgment of the Lord Chancellor Bacons philosopical theory in mineral prosecutions, published for the satisfaction of his noble friends, that importunately desired it.. Bushell, Thomas. 1660 . London: printed by Thomas Leach., [105]pp, illus |
| Wookey Hole |
Britannia Baconica: or, the natural rarities of England ..... Childrey, Joshua. 1660 . London: printed for the author, [xxix]+184 [further eds. dated 1661 and 1662; a French edition also exists, 1667] |
| mining |
Britannia Magna .... Hermanides, Rutgerus. 1661 . Amsterdam: Aegidii Jansonii, [xxx]+645+[xl]pp, maps [account similar to Camden's Britannia [q.v.] |
| Wookey Hole |
Britannia Magna .... Hermanides, Rutgerus. 1661 . Amsterdam: Aegidii Jansonii, [xxx]+645+[xl]pp, maps [account similar to Camden's Britannia [q.v.] |
| mining |
On Thomas Bushell and attempts to unwater Row Pitts, Mendip. Anon. (22)340-341 (May) 1662 Mercurious Publicus. |
| Wheel Pit |
[de-watering lead mines at Row-pits]. Anon. (22)340-341(May) 1662 Mercurius Publicus. |
| Wookey Hole |
Itinerearium. Borrichius, Olaus [pseud. Oluf Borch]. 1663-65 . Ref. Shaw : Men Bib Pt. 2, no. 109 for full details [q.v.] |
| mining |
Observationes variae curiosae in itinere Anglico.. Borch, Oluf. 1667 . [in] Bartholinus, Thomas : Epistolarum Medicinalium; Copenhagen. |
| Wookey hole |
Observationes variae curiosae in itinere Anglico [in] Bartholinus, Thomas : Epistolarum Medicinalium. Borrichius, Olaus [pseud. Oluf Borch]. 1667 . Copenhagen : Matthiaae Godicchenii (1663-67), Vol. 4, p.516-540 |
| mining |
Fodinae Regales, or the History, Laws and Places of the Chief Mines and Mineral Works in England .... Pettus, John. 1670 . London: printed by H.L. and R.B. for Thomas Basset, [xiii]+108+[vii]pp |
| mining |
Britannia ... [facsimile]. Ogilby, John. 1675 . London: Alexander Duckham, [108]pp, maps, illus [reduced facsimile of the 1st ed. plates] |
| mining |
Britannia .... Ogilby, John. 1675 . London: printed by the author ... , [xxxii]+200+[iv](+101 plates), maps, illus [2nd ed - 1698] |
| Rowpits |
Britannia ... [facsimile]. Ogilby, John. 1675 . London: Alexander Duckham, [108]pp, maps, illus [reduced facsimile of the 1st ed. plates] |
| Lamb Leer Cavern |
Two letters concerning Rock-Plants and their growth.. Beaumont, John. [11](129)724-742 1676 Phil. Trans.. |
| Pen Park Hole |
Lectures de potentia restitutiva.. Hooke, Robert. 1678 . London: printed for John Martyn printer to the Royal Society, [i]+56pp BM, Bristol Cen Ref Lib |
| Lamb Leer Cavern |
An account of Ockey-hole, and several other subterraneous grottoes and caverns in Mendipp-hills.. Beaumont, John. (2)1-8 1681 Phil. Collns. |
| Wookey Hole |
An account of Ockey-hole, and several other subterraneous grottoes and caverns in Mendipp-hills.. Beaumont, John. (2)1-8 1681 Phil. Collns. |
| Wookey Hole |
Admirable curiosities rarities, & wonders in England .... R.B[urton] [pseud : Nathaniel Crouch]. 1682 . London: printed for Nat. Crouch, [iv]+232+[i]pp, illus [other editions : 2nd - 1684; 4th - 1685; 7th - 1710; 8th - 1718; 10th - 1737 [by 'Robert Burton'; new edition - 1811 [by 'Richard Burton' |
| Lamb Leer Cavern |
A further account of some Rock-plants growing in the Lead Mines of Mendip Hills .... Beaumont, John. 13(150)276-280, illus 1683 Phil Trans. |
| Pen Park Hole |
A description of Pen-Park-Hole in Glocestershire.. Southwel, Robert. 13(143)2-6(Feb 1683), survey 1683 Phil Trans. |
| Wookey Hole |
Anglorum Speculum, or the Worthies of England .... Fuller, Thomas. 1684 . LOndon: John Wright, [viii]+[832] (numbered 1-596, 739-974)+[xvi]pp |
| mining |
The General History of the Air.. Boyle, Robert. 1692 . London : printed for Awnsham and John Churchill, at the Black Swan in Pater-noster-Row, near Amen Corner., xii + 259pp |
| Wrington Mines |
An account of Digging and Preparing the Lapis Calaminaris.. Pooley, Giles. 17(198)672-677 1693 Phil Trans. |
| Wookey Hole |
An Historical Account of Mr. [R.] Roger's three years travels over England and Wales.... Brome, James. 1694 . London : J. Moxon and B. Beardwell, [viii] + 128pp, map |
| Lamb Leer Cavern |
Camden's Brittania. Gibson, E.. p.30 1695 . |
| mining |
Camden's Britannia, newly translated into English: with largeadditions and improvements.. Camden, William. 1695 . London: printed by F. Collins, for A. Swalle and A. & J. Churchil, [xxxiv]+[xcxcvi](printed in numbered double columns) +[i]+[558]+[xliv], maps, illus, biblio [for further details ref. T.R. Shaw, Men |
| Wookey Hole |
Camden's Britannia, newly translated into English: with largeadditions and improvements.. Camden, William. 1695 . London: printed by F. Collins, for A. Swalle and A. & J. Churchil, [xxxiv]+[xcxcvi](printed in numbered double columns) +[i]+[558]+[xliv], maps, illus, biblio [for further details ref. T.R. Shaw, Men |
| Wookey Hole |
An Historical Account of Mr. [R.] Roger's three years travels over England and Wales.... Brome, James. 1697 . London : J. Moxon and B. Beardwell, 2nd edition |
| mining |
The Drescription of Brittaine in Generall.. Anon. 16?? . MSS, 108f [BM. Sloane MS. 241, Art. 2(f.15a-123a)) |
| Wookey Hole |
The Drescription of Brittaine in Generall.. Anon. 16?? . MSS, 108f [BM. Sloane MS. 241, Art. 2(f.15a-123a)) |
| Wookey Hole |
Travels over England, Scotland and Wales. .... Brome, James. 1700 . London : Abel Roper, [xii] + 287 + [ix)pp |
| Wookey Hole |
The New Description and State of England .... Morden, Robert. 1701 . London : Robert Morden, [iv]+xix+[i]+236, maps |
| Wookey Hole |
The New Description and State of England .... Morden, Robert. 1704 . London : Robert Morden, 2nd ed., [iv]+xix+[i]+236, maps |
| Lamb Leer Cavern |
Philosophical Transactions & Collections. To the end of ... 1700. Abridged. Volume 2, pp. 369-370. Further editions were published in 1716, 1722 and 1731. Lowthorp, J. [ed]. 1705 . Beaumont's notes to be found in Vol. 2, pp.369-370 - there are typo errors. |
| Wookey Hole |
Travels over England, Scotland and Wales. .... Brome, James. 1707 . London : Abel Roper, 2nd edition. |
| Wookey Hole |
Les Delices de la Grand'Bretagne, & de l'Irlande .... Beeverell, James. 1707 . Leide[n] : Pierre Vander, 8 vols, maps, illus, index. |
| Wookey Hole |
Les Delices de la Grand'Bretagne, & de l'Irlande …. Beverell, James. 1707 . Leiden[n]: Pierre Vander, 8 vols, maps, illus [One sentence on Wookey Hole, vol. 3, p.635]; new ed. - 1727. |
| Cold Ashton Cave |
The Ancient and Present State of Glostershire.. Atkyns, Robert. 1712 . London : printed by W. Bowyer for Robert Gosling, [xi] + 859 + [vii], maps, illuus, index |
| Pen Park Hole |
The Ancient and Present State of Glostershire.. Atkyns, Robert. 1712 . London : printed by W. Bowyer for Robert Gosling, [xi] + 859 + [vii], maps, illuus, index |
| Wookey Hole |
British Curiosities in Nature and Art .... Anon. 1713 . London: Chr[istopher] Coningby, [xvi]+159pp [new edition 1721; 2nd ed. - 1728] |
| Durdham Down Mine |
The Annals of Bristol in the Eighteenth Century [Many lead mines in this area]]. Latimer, John. p. 104-106 1714 . Bristol :William George's Sons; [viii] + 550pp. Pub 1893. |
| Lost Cave of Cheddar |
Aluredi Beverlacensis Annales .... Alfred of Beverley [Aluredus Beverlacensis]. 1716 . Oxford : Theatre Sheldoniano, [lii] + 172pp, index. |
| Green Ore mineshafts |
An Actual Survey of all the Principal Roads of England and Wales .... Ogilby, John. 1719 . London: J. Senex, 2 vols, maps [2nd ed - 1742 |
| Green Ore mineshafts |
A Pocket-Guide to the English Traveller .... Ogilby, John. 1719 . London: J. Tonson and J. Watts, [iv]+8+[200f] p, maps [100 1/2 scale maps] |
| mining |
An Actual Survey of all the Principal Roads of England and Wales .... Ogilby, John. 1719 . London: J. Senex, 2 vols, maps [2nd ed - 1742 |
| mining |
A Pocket-Guide to the English Traveller .... Ogilby, John. 1719 . London: J. Tonson and J. Watts, [iv]+8+[200f] p, maps [100 1/2 scale maps] |
| Rowpits |
A Pocket-Guide to the English Traveller .... Ogilby, John. 1719 . London: J. Tonson and J. Watts, [iv]+8+[200f] p, maps [100 1/2 scale maps] |
| Green Ore mineshafts |
Britannia Depictsw or Ogilby improv'd ... by Emanuel Bowen engraver.. Ogilby, John. 1720 . London: Tho. Bowles, [vi]+273pp, maps [another 10 editions appeared up to 1764] |
| mining |
Britannia Depictsw or Ogilby improv'd ... by Emanuel Bowen engraver.. Ogilby, John. 1720 . London: Tho. Bowles, [vi]+273pp, maps [another 10 editions appeared up to 1764] |
| mining |
Britannia: or a chorographical description of Great Britain and Ireland .... Camden, William. 1722 . London:printed by Mary Matthews, for Awsham Churchill, The Second Edition, revised ... with large editions. [3rd ed. - 1753, 4th ed. - 1772] |
| Pen Park Hole |
Britannia: or a chorographical description of Great Britain and Ireland .... Camden, William. 1722 . London:printed by Mary Matthews, for Awsham Churchill, The Second Edition, revised ... with large editions. [3rd ed. - 1753, 4th ed. - 1772] |
| geomorphology |
Gleanings of Antiquities, containing, I. An essay for explaining the Creation and the Deluge .... Beaumont, John. 1724 . London : J. Roberts, vii + [i] + 206pp, illus |
| Lamb Leer Cavern |
Gleanings of Antiquities, containing, I. An essay for explaining the Creation and the Deluge .... Beaumont, John. 1724 . London: J. Roberts, vii+[i]+206pp, illus |
| mining |
A New Description of England and Wales .... Moll, Herman. 1724 . London: printed for H. Moll etc., [i]+xi+[i]+344+x pp, maps [other eds. : 1736, 1739, 1753] |
| Pen Park Hole |
A New Description of England and Wales .... Moll, Herman. 1724 . London: printed for H. Moll etc., [i]+xi+[i]+344+x pp, maps [other eds. : 1736, 1739, 1753] |
| Wookey Hole |
A New Description of England and Wales .... Moll, Herman. 1724 . London: printed for H. Moll etc., [i]+xi+[i]+344+x pp, maps [other eds. : 1736, 1739, 1753] |
| Wookey Hole |
A Tour thro' the whole Island of Great Britain .... Defoe, Daniel. 1724-27 [=26 . London: G. Strahan etc., 1st ed., 3 vols, maps, illus |
| geology |
Observations on the different strata of Earths, and minerals.. Strachey, John. 1727 . London: J. Walthoe, 16pp, surveys, illus |
| mining |
Observations on the different strata of Earths, and minerals.. Strachey, John. 1727 . London: J. Walthoe, 16pp, surveys, illus |
| Wookey Hole |
Magna Britannia et Hibernia .... Cox, Thomas. 1727 . London : 911+[i]pp |
| Wookey Hole |
Les Delices de la Grand'Bretagne, & de l'Irlande .... Beeverell, James. 1727 . Leide[n] : Pierre Vander, 8 vols, maps, illus, index, new edition |