| Burrington Combe caves |
[Manuscript Note Books on the caves at Banwell]. Beard, William. 1828-1865 . Taunton: Somerset Record Office, [428]f, ref. no. D/P/ban 23/25 |
| Durdham Down Fissure |
A New Syetem of Geology .... Ure, Andrew. 1829 . London Longman, Rees, Orm, & Green, [ii]+iv+621+[i]pp, illus |
| Lamb Leer Cavern |
Delineations of the north western division of the county of Somerset, and of its antediluvian bone caverns .... Rutter, John. 1829 . London : Longmans, xxiv + 349pp, map, illus |
| Lamb Leer Cavern |
The Banwell and Cheddar Guide .... Rutter, John. 1829 . Shaftesbury : by the author; [iv] + 78pp, surveys, illus |
| mining |
Delineations of the north western division of the county of Somerset, and of its antediluvian bone caverns .... Rutter, John. 1829 . London : Longmans, xxiv + 349pp, map, illus |
| Banwell Lead Mine [unidentified] |
Journal of Travels and Parochial Matters.. Skinner, John. 1830 . Quarto, 98 vols, surveys, maps, illus : BM add. MSS. 33633 - 33730 |
| Bath thermal springs |
The Original Bath Guide. Anon. 1830 . Bath : H. Meyler, 167 + [iiii], map, illus |
| Bath thermal springs |
The Original Bath Guide. Anon. 1832 . Bath : H. Meyler, 181+ [iii], map, illus |
| Bath thermal springs |
The Original Bath Guide. Anon. 1834 . Bath : H. Meyler, 190 + [iiii], map, illus |
| Durdham Down Fissure |
On the bones of certain Animals, which have recently been discovered ... on Durdham Down, near Bristol.. Williams, David. vol. ii, p. 112 1835 Proc. Geol. Soc.. |
| Lamb Leer Cavern |
The History and Antiquities of Somersetshire. Phelps, William. 1836 . London : printed for the author by J.B. Nichols and Son. 2 vols [Vol. 1 published in 1836, Pt.1 - xiii + 192pp, Pt.2, vii + 599pp and Vol.2 published in 1839, [3] + 272pp], maps, surveys, illus. |
| mining |
The History and Antiquities of Somersetshire. Phelps, William. 1836 . London : printed for the author by J.B. Nichols and Son. 2 vols [Vol. 1 published in 1836, Pt.1 - xiii + 192pp, Pt.2, vii + 599pp and Vol.2 published in 1839, [3] + 272pp], maps, surveys, illus. |
| Bath thermal springs |
The Original Bath Guide. Anon. 1837 . Bath : H. Meyler, 190 + [iiii], map, illus |
| Durdham Down Fissure |
On an additional species of the newly discovered Saurian Animals in the Magnesian Conglomerate of Durdham Down, near Bristol. Riley, Dr. H., and Stuchbury, S.. p.90 1837 Rep Brit Assoc. for 1836, Trans. of Sections. |
| Lamb Leer Cavern |
The English Counties Delineated .... Moule, Thomas. 1837 . London: G. Virtue, 2 vols, maps, illus |
| Bath thermal springs |
The Original Bath Guide. Anon. 1842 . Bath : H. Meyler, 172 + [i], map, illus |
| Durdham Down Cave |
The Annals of Bristol in the Nineteenth Century [Quarrying breaks into a cavern containing ancient animal bones]. Latimer, John. p. 265 1842 . Bristol :William George's Sons; [viii] + 552pp. Pub 1887. |
| Bath thermal springs |
The Original Bath Guide. Anon. 1845 . Bath : H. Meyler, 172 + [i], map, illus |
| Durdham Down Fissure |
The Gallery of Nature .... Milner, Thomas. 1846 . London: W.S. Orr, xii+803pp, maps, surveys, illus [other eds. : [1858]-1860 & 1880] |
| Durdham Down Fissure |
A History of British Fossil Mammals, and Birds.. Owen, Richard. 1846 . London: John van Voorst, xivi+[i]+560, illus |
| Unnamed cave |
Chilcott's Descriptive History of Bristol [Bone cave near Cheddar containing human and animal bones]. Chilcott, J.. p. 355 1846 . J Chilcott, Bristol[viii] + 396pp. Pub. 1846 |
| Bath thermal springs |
The Original Bath Guide. Anon. c.1851 . Bath : H. Meyler, 191 + [i], map, illus |
| mining |
A Compilation of various interesting Historical Facts .... Cox, Benjamin. 1852 . Weston-super-Mare : J. Whereat, 104pp, illus |
| mining |
Brown's New Guide to Weston-super-Mare. Anon. 1853 . WsM: Alexander Brown, [iii]+113pp [2nd ed. - 1854] |
| mining |
The pipes, Pumps, and Conduits of Bristol. Leech, Joseph. 1853 . London: Hamilton, Adams, etc [Bristol printed], [i]+ii+41pp |
| Lamb Leer Cavern |
A Handbook for Travellers in Wiltshire, Dorsetshire, and Somersetshire.. Anon. 1856 . London: John Murray, 1st ed., [iii]+235pp, map [2nd ed. - 1859, 3rd ed. - 1869, 4th ed. - 1883] Some caves are notes in later editions only. |
| mining |
A Handbook for Travellers in Wiltshire, Dorsetshire, and Somersetshire.. Anon. 1856 . London: John Murray, 1st ed., [iii]+235pp, map [2nd ed. - 1859, 3rd ed. - 1869, 4th ed. - 1883] Some caves are notes in later editions only. |
| Whitcombe's Hole |
A Handbook for Travellers in Wiltshire, Dorsetshire, and Somersetshire.. Anon. 1856 . London: John Murray, 1st ed., [iii]+235pp, map [2nd ed. - 1859, 3rd ed. - 1869, 4th ed. - 1883] Some caves are notes in later editions only. |
| mining [Brendon Hills Iron mines] |
On the iron-ores of Exmoor.. Smith, Warington W.. 15, 105-109 1859 Q Jnl Geol Soc. |
| mining |
Advertisement. Mining Laws - Right of Water [Ennor-Barwell conflict at the mineries]. Anon. (30 Jun), p.8, c.5-6 1860 Wells Journal. |
| Plumley's Hole |
Kelly's directory of the County of Somerset.. Kelly, E.R. [ed]. 1861-1939 . London: Kelly's Directories, 814pp, map - there are numerous eds. |
| mining [Charterhouse] |
Roman remains from lead workings at Charterhouse on Mendip. Haverfield, Francis John. 3,229-230 1863 Som & Dor N & Q. |
| Foxes Hole [Burrington Combe] |
On the caves of Burrington Combe, explored in 1864 by Messrs. W. Ayshford Sanford, and W. Boyd Dawkins.. Dawkins, W. Boyd. 12(2)161-176(1863-1864), surveys [also available as an off-print] 1864 SANHS Proc. |
| mining |
Lead smelting on the Mendips.. Salmon, Henry Curwen ed.. 6, 321-328(Dec) 1864 Mining & Smelting Mag. |
| Whitcombe's Hole |
On the caves of Burrington Combe, explored in 1864 by Messrs. W. Ayshford Sanford, and W. Boyd Dawkins.. Dawkins, W. Boyd. 12(2)161-176(1863-1864), surveys [also available as an off-print] 1864 SANHS Proc. |
| Durdham Down Fissure |
The Millstone Grit, its fossils .... Austin, Thomas. 1865 . London : H. Bailliere ... Bristol : T. Kerslake et al., [vii] + 58pp, surveys, illus |
| Durdham Down Fissure |
A monograph of the British Pleistocene Mammalia. Vol. 1. British Pleistocene Felidae.. Dawkins, W. Boyd and Sanford, W. Ayshford. 1866-72 . London : Palaeontographical Society, [v] + 50 + 194 + [i], illus |
| Foxes Hole [Burrington Combe] |
A monograph of the British Pleistocene Mammalia. Vol. 1. British Pleistocene Felidae.. Dawkins, W. Boyd and Sanford, W. Ayshford. 1866-72 . London : Palaeontographical Society, [v] + 50 + 194 + [i], illus |
| Whitcombe's Hole |
A monograph of the British Pleistocene Mammalia. Vol. 1. British Pleistocene Felidae.. Dawkins, W. Boyd and Sanford, W. Ayshford. 1866-72 . London : Palaeontographical Society, [v] + 50 + 194 + [i], illus |
| Foxes Hole [Burrington Combe] |
Mammalia.. Dawkins, W. Boyd and Parker, James. 1867-68 . MSS, iii + 86f, plan, surveys illus. [in] James Parker Manuscripts, Oxford. |
| Durdham Down Fissure |
Palaeo. memoirs of ... the late Hugh Falconer. Murchison, R.I.. 2,399 1868 Palaeontographical Soc. |
| Bristol caves & mines |
Discovery of subterranean chamber at Bristol.. Scarth, H.M.. 4,205 1869 Proc Soc Antiq Ser 2. |
| Burrington Combe caves |
[The caves of Burrington and the lead mines of Charterhouse in ] Second day : Excursion [report].. [Dawkins, W. Boyd]. 15,36-37 1869 SANHS Proc. |
| Durdham Down Fissure |
[palaeontological notes]. Anon. 25,192-217 1869 Q Jnl Geol Soc. |
| Lamb Leer Cavern |
Handbook for travellers in Wiltshire, Dorsetshire and Somersetshire.. Anon. 1869 . London : John Murray. New ed. 1869 iv + 440p, 17.8cm |
| mining |
A Guide to Cheddar and the Neighbourhood .... Stevens, Nehemiah Edward. 1869 . Cheddar: J. Bryne, 80pp, map, illus |
| mining |
Errata and Omissions in the Paper on 'The Brendon Hills Spathose Iron Ore & Mines' .... Morgans, Morgan. 1869 . Bristol : 16pp, surveys |
| mining |
Mendip mining laws.. Jones, William Arthur. 15(2)1-6(1868-1869) 1869 SANHS Proc. |
| Foxes Hole [Burrington Combe] |
Cave-hunting. 1. - The Somerset caves.. Dawkins, W. Boyd. 22,452-460 1870 McMillans Mag. |
| mining |
Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series, of the reign of Elizabeth .... Green, Mary Anne Everett [ed]. 1870 . London: Longman, ix+711+[i] [mining laws] |
| Whitcombe's Hole |
Cave-hunting. 1. - The Somerset caves.. Dawkins, W. Boyd. 22,452-460 1870 McMillans Mag. |
| mining |
The divining-rod in Somersetshire.. Woodward, Horace B.. 9,528 1872 Geol Mag, Ser 1. |
| mining |
The lead and zinc mines of the Mendips.. Woodward, Horace B.. 1,196-202(Mar) 1872 Mining Mag and Rev. |
| mining |
A General Account of West Somerset. Jeboult, Edward. 1873 . Taunton: Somerset and Bristol Steam-Press, [iv]+132+[ii]+121+94;;, map illus |
| Royal York Crescent Iron Mine |
Iron mine recently opened in Royal York Crescent.. Grenfell, J.G.. (4)16-17 1873 Trans. Clifton Coll. Sci Soc. |
| Durdham Down Fissure |
Cave Hunting. Dawkins, W. Boyd. 1874 . London : Macmillan & Co., xxiv + 455pp, maps, surveys, illus |
| Lamb Leer Cavern |
Cave Hunting. Dawkins, W. Boyd. 1874 . London : Macmillan & Co., xxiv + 455pp, maps, surveys, illus |
| Lamb Leer Cavern |
A ramble across the Mendip Hills.. Woodward, Horace B.. Decade 2, 1,(11)1-12(Nov) 1874 Geol Mag. |
| mining |
A ramble across the Mendip Hills.. Woodward, Horace B.. Decade 2(1)481-492 1874 Geol Mag. |
| mining |
On the use of the divining rod in the neighbourhood of Bristol.. Pass, A.C. and Tawney, E.. 1, 60-70 1874 Proc Bristol Nats Soc, Ser 3. |
| mining |
p.4, c.4 : Local News. Mendip Hills Mining Company [sale at Mitre Hotel, Wells]. Anon. (14 Jul), p.4, c.4 1874 Wells Journal. |
| Plumley's Hole |
[Burrington notebook]. Llewellyn, Evan H.. 1874 . MSS [includes an account of the accident at Plumley's Hole], current whereabouts unkinown. Transcript made by Leo. S. Palmer but this is also lost. Another transcript in BSA Cav Sci 3(22)288-89. |
| Whitcombe's Hole |
Cave Hunting. Dawkins, W. Boyd. 1874 . London : Macmillan & Co., xxiv + 455pp, maps, surveys, illus |
| Plumley's Cave |
Burrington (discovery of cave). Anon. (9 Jan), p.2, c.1 1875 W-S-M Mercury. |
| Plumley's Hole |
[Discovery of Plumley's Hole and death of Joe Plumley]. Anon. (14 Jan), p.6, c.3 1875 Wells Journal. |
| Plumley's Hole |
(new cave at Burrington - Plumley's Hole - death of Joe Plumley) [DJI(p)]. Anon. (9 Jan) 1875 W-S-M Gazette. |
| Plumley's Hole |
A fatal accident and an exciting scene [death of Joe Plumley] [DJI(p)]. Anon. (7 Jan) 1875 Western Daily Press & Bristol Mirror. |
| Plumley's Hole |
(new cave and death of Joe Plumley) [DJI(p)]. Anon. (16 Jan) 1875 W-S-M Gazette. |
| Plumley's Hole |
Entry in Burrington Church Register of Burial - Joe Plumley. Anon. 1875 . MSS, photocopy, [i]p |
| Plumley's Hole |
[Copy of Plumley's Death Certificate]. Plumley, Joseph. 1875 . DJI |
| Durdham Down Fissure |
Geology of East Somerset and Bristol coal-fields .... Woodward, Horace B.. 1876 . London : Longmans for HMSO, x + 271pp, maps, illus, figs, biblio, index |
| Lamb Leer Cavern |
Geology of East Somerset and Bristol coal-fields .... Woodward, Horace B.. 1876 . London : Longmans for HMSO, x + 271pp, maps, illus, figs, biblio, index |
| Lamb Leer Cavern |
Die Hohlen und die Ureinwohner Europas.. Dawkins, W. Boyd. 1876 . Leipzig und Heidelberg : C.F. Winter'sche verlagshandlung, xix + [i] _ 360pp, maps, surveys, illus |
| mining |
Roman mining on the Mendip Hills.. Waldron, Clement. 7, 1-5(1875, figs [Published 1876] 1876 Cardiff NS Trans. |
| mining |
Notes on metals found near Bristol.. Stoddart, W.W.. 2(1)68-76 1876 Proc Bristol Nats Soc, Ser 3. |
| Whitcombe's Hole |
Geology of East Somerset and Bristol coal-fields .... Woodward, Horace B.. 1876 . London : Longmans for HMSO, x + 271pp, maps, illus, figs, biblio, index |
| Whitcombe's Hole |
Die Hohlen und die Ureinwohner Europas.. Dawkins, W. Boyd. 1876 . Leipzig und Heidelberg : C.F. Winter'sche verlagshandlung, xix + [i] _ 360pp, maps, surveys, illus |
| mining |
Visitor's Handbook to Weston-super-Mare .... Jackson, W[illiam].. 1877 . Weston-super-Mare: Robbins, [xvi+[i]+284+ivi pp, illus |
| mining |
The Customs, Superstitions, and Legends of the County of Somerset .... Poole, Charles Henry. 1877 . London: SampsonLow, Marston, and Rivington., [viii]+147pp |
| Durdham Down Fissure |
Monograph on the British Fossil Elephants.. Adams, Andrew Leith. 1877-81 . London : the Palaeontographical Society, [ix] + 265pp, maps, illus, index |
| mining [Charterhouse] |
Charterhouse field meeting.. Anon. 10, 27-30 1878 Trans Cardiff Nat Soc. |
| Lamb Leer Cavern |
(Local News) Remarkable Discovery of Caverns at West Harptree [Lamb Leer Cavern]. Anon. (24 Jun) 1880 Wells Journal. |
| Lamb Leer Cavern |
(Local News) West Harptree, The Caverns [Lamb Leer Cavern]. Anon. (1 Jul) 1880 Wells Journal. |
| Lamb Leer Cavern |
[Re-opening Lamb Leer Cavern]. Anon. (26 Jun), p.3, c.1 1880 W-S-M Mercury. |
| Lamb Leer Cavern |
Caverns in Somerset [Note on re-discovery of Lamb Leer Cavern]. Anon. (29 Jun), No.29,920, p.11, c.4 1880 Times, The. |
| Lamb Leer Cavern |
On the Lamb Bottom caverns at Harptree, Somerset.. McMurtrie, James. 26,1-16, survey 1880 SANHS Proc. |
| Lamb Leer Cavern |
The Mendip caverns, the property of Bolton and Partners, (Limited) reprinted from the Times of the 10th August, 1882 and from the Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society. .... McMurtrie, James and Anon. 1880 . London : Bolton & Partners, 29pp, survey |
| Lamb Leer Cavern |
Tourist's Guide to Somerset .... Worth, RIchard N.. 1881 . London: E. Stanford, 1st ed., [vii]+168pp, map, survey [other editions: 2nd ed. - 1885; 3rd ed. - 1888; 4th ed. - 1890; 5th ed. - 1894 |
| Lamb Leer Cavern |
The Mendip Caverns. Anon. (10 Aug), No. 30,582, p. 10, c.1 1882 Times, The. |
| Lamb Leer Cavern |
[Report of a visit to Lamb Leer Cavern]. Winwood, Henry H.. 4,376-382(for 1880-81) 1882 Proc Bath Nat Hist & Antiq Field Club. |
| Whitcombe's Hole |
Winscombe sketches of country life and scenery amongst the Mendip Hills.. Compton, Theodore. 1882 . London : William Poole, 2nd ed., [vii]+207pp |
| Lamb Leer Cavern |
Underground Mendip. Anon. 2, 24-29 1883 Downside Review. |
| Lamb Leer Cavern |
A Visit to the Mendip Caves at East Harptree, Somerset, July 17th, 1883.. [Richards, W.]. 3, 102-107 1884 Downside Review. |
| Lamb Leer Cavern |
British Mining a treatise .... Hunt, Robert. 1884 . London: Crosby Lockwood, xx+[ii]+944pp, maps, surveys, illus |
| mining |
British Mining a treatise .... Hunt, Robert. 1884 . London: Crosby Lockwood, xx+[ii]+944pp, maps, surveys, illus |
| Durdham Down Fissure |
The bone-cave or fissure of Durdham Down.. Wilson, Edward. 5(1)31-45, survey, biblio. 1885 Proc Bristol Nats Soc, Ser 3. |
| Durdham Down Fissure |
Catalogue of the Fossil Mammalia in the British Museum, [Natural History] …. Lydekker, Richard. 1885-87 . London: British Museum, 5 vols, illus |
| Durdham Down Fissure |
Archaeology. Gomme,l. George Lawrence [ed]. 1886 . London: Elliot Stock, 62 Paternoster Row; 2 vols [Vol.1, pp. 29] |
| Foxes Hole [Burrington Combe] |
Famous Caverns and Grottoes.. Adams, W.H. Davenport. 1886 . London : Thomas Nelson & Sons. xii + 9-185 numbered pages, illus |
| Whitcombe's Hole |
Famous Caverns and Grottoes.. Adams, W.H. Davenport. 1886 . London : Thomas Nelson & Sons. xii + 9-185 numbered pages, illus |