| flora & fauna |
Somersetshire Illustrated.. Strachey, John. c.1730 . MSS, Somerset Record Office ref. no. DD/SH 1-404 |
| Cold Ashton Tunnel |
A treatise on the deluge .... Catcott, Alexander. 1761 . London : Withers, xiii + 296pp, illus ; 2nd ed. 1768 |
| Cold Ashton Tunnel |
A New History of Gloucestershire .... Rudder, Samuel. 1779 . Cirencester: printed by Samuel Rudder, x+855+lxviii pp, map, surveys, illus |
| Cold Ashton Tunnel |
The Bristol and Hotwell Guide .... Shiercliffe, Edward. 1789 . Bristol : printed by Bulgin & Rosser for E. Shiercliffe; [iv]+119p, 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 |
| 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 |
| Severn Railway Tunnel |
Severn Tunnel. Richardson, C.E.. 8,65-76 1876 Trans Cardiff Nats Soc. |
| Severn Railway Tunnel |
Severn Tunnel. Richardson, C.. 5(12)70-74 1886 Proc Bristol Nats Soc, Ser 3. |
| unnamed cave |
[visit of British Association]. Anon. (15 Sep) 1888 W-S-M Mercury. |
| unnamed cave |
[Cotswold Nat. Club visit new chambers]. Anon. (26 May) 1888 W-S-M Mercury. |
| Devil's Punch Bowl |
Photograph collection. Balch, Herbert E.. c.1890-1900 . Collection of photographs by Balch and other sources housed in 3 albums. |
| flora & fauna |
On the Winter Habits of the Greater Horseshoe and other Cave-haunting bats [in Burrington Combe & Cheddar caves]. Coward, T.A.. 1907 Proc Zool Soc Lond p.312-324. |
| Tower Tunnel |
The Netherworld of Mendip. Baker, Ernest A. and Balch, Herbert E.. 1907 . Bristol : J. Baker, Clifton, xii + 172pp, illus, map, index |
| Dundry Freestone Quarries |
The mammals of the Bristol district.. Rudge C. King and Charbonnier, H.J.. 2(2)55-60 1908 Proc Bristol Nats Soc, Ser 4. |
| flora & fauna |
The mammals of the Bristol district.. Rudge C. King and Charbonnier, H.J.. 2(2)55-60 1908 Proc Bristol Nats Soc, Ser 4. |
| Devil's Punch Bowl |
A geological excursion handbook for the Bristol district.. Reynolds, Sidney H.. 1912 . Bristol : J.W. Arrowsmith Ltd, 224pp, maps, figs. |
| St. Aldhelm Box Ground Stone Mine [Box Quarries] |
St. Aldhelm Box Ground Stone Mine, Wilts.. Cotterell, T. Sturge. 60,11-16 1914 SANHS Proc. |
| Drunkard's Hole |
Collection of photographs. Hall, Molly. c.1920-70 . Photographic collection in 4 albums and envelope of loose prints |
| Devil's Punch Bowl |
A geological excursion handbook for the Bristol district.. Reynolds, Sidney H.. 1921 . Bristol : J.W. Arrowsmith Ltd, 2nd ed., 224pp, maps, figs. |
| Hundred Percent Rock Shelter [2 probably] |
Caves of the Bristol District.. Tratman, Edgar, K.. 1(3)147-150(1921/1922), map 1922 UBSS Proc. |
| St. Dunstan's Well |
Somerset Holy Wells, and other named Wells.. Horne, Ethelbert. Abbot of Downside Abbey.. 1923 . London : Somerset Folk Press [The Somerset Folk Series No.12], 57pp, illus, index |
| Devil's Punch Bowl |
The Caves of Mendip. Balch, Herbert E.. 1926 . London, The Folk Press, 82pp, illus |
| Hunting Lodge Slocker |
The Caves of Mendip. Balch, Herbert E.. 1926 . London, The Folk Press, 82pp, illus |
| St. Dunstan's Well |
The Caves of Mendip. Balch, Herbert E.. 1926 . London, The Folk Press, 82pp, illus |
| Sun Hole |
[Sun Hole, 2 photos]. Anon. (8 May), photo 1926 W-S-M Gazette. |
| Devil's Punch Bowl |
Somerset.. Hann, A.C. Asborn. 1927 . London : Black, 182pp, illus, 21cm |
| Devil's Punch Bowl |
Somerset.. Hann, Mrs A.C. Osborn. 1927 . London: A. & C. Black, viii+182, map, illus |
| Devil's Punch Bowl |
Devil's Punch. Gandy, A. Violet. 26,101 1927 Somerset Yearbook. |
| Sun Hole |
First report on the excavations at Sun Hole Cheddar. Levels above the Pleistocene.. Tratman, Edgar K. and Henderson, G.T.D.. 3(2)84-97(for 1927), illus, figs, survey 1927 UBSS Proc. |
| Sun Hole |
Report for the Year, 1926-1927. Hewer, T.F.. 3(1)5-6(1927), for 1926 1927 UBSS Proc. |
| Hunting Lodge Slocker |
Wells and springs of Somerset. With a bibliography of the Bath thermal waters by W. Whitaker.. Richardson, L[insdall]. 1928 . London : H.M.S.O for D.S.I.R., v + 279pp maps [Memoirs of the Geological Survey.] |
| St. Dunstan's Well |
The Ancient Wells, Springs, and Holy Wells of Gloucestershire …. Walters, Rupert C. S.. 1928 . Bristol: St. Stephen's Press, xiv+194, map, surveys, illus |
| St. Dunstan's Well |
Wells and springs of Somerset. With a bibliography of the Bath thermal waters by W. Whitaker.. Richardson, L[insdall]. 1928 . London : H.M.S.O for D.S.I.R., v + 279pp maps [Memoirs of the Geological Survey.] |
| Tower Tunnel |
Mendip - The Great Cave of Wookey Hole.. Balch, Herbert E.. 1929 . Wells : Clare, Son & Co., 126pp, illus. figs, surveys |
| St. Dunstan's Well |
The hydrology of the Stoke Lane area, (Somerset).. Welch, Francis Brian Awburn. 24(1)87-96, map, illus 1930 Proc Cotteswold Nats Field Cl. |
| flora & fauna |
Cave Notes. Platten, Gerard [comp]. c.1930-38 . MSS, scrapbooks, fcp &4to, ,illus, surveys, surveys. Of original 38 vols only 21 survive. An index has been prepared by D.J. Irwin [1989] and can be viewed in the Wells Mus. Lib. |
| St. Dunstan's Well |
Cave Notes. Platten, Gerard [comp]. c.1930-38 . MSS, scrapbooks, fcp &4to, ,illus, surveys, surveys. Of original 38 vols only 21 survive. An index has been prepared by D.J. Irwin [1989] and can be viewed in the Wells Mus. Lib. |
| Sun Hole |
Cave Notes. Platten, Gerard [comp]. c.1930-38 . MSS, scrapbooks, fcp &4to, ,illus, surveys, surveys. Of original 38 vols only 21 survive. An index has been prepared by D.J. Irwin [1989] and can be viewed in the Wells Mus. Lib. |
| Underwood Quarry |
Cave Notes. Platten, Gerard [comp]. c.1930-38 . MSS, scrapbooks, fcp &4to, ,illus, surveys, surveys. Of original 38 vols only 21 survive. An index has been prepared by D.J. Irwin [1989] and can be viewed in the Wells Mus. Lib. |
| Sun Hole |
The archaeology of Somerset. Dobson, D[ina]. P[ortway].. 1931 . London : Methuen, xv + 272pp, maps, illus |
| Sun Hole |
Report for the Years 1929-1931. Adams, S. Bryan. 4(1)6-7(May) 1931 UBSS Proc. |
| flora & fauna |
Temperature changes and winter sleep of bats.. Burbank, R.C. and Young, J.Z.. 82(4)p.459-467(?) 1934 Jnl of Physiology. |
| Sun Hole |
Mendip - Cheddar, its gorge and caves. Balch, Herbert E.. 1935 . Wells : Clare, Son & Co., 177pp, illus. figs |
| Sun Hole |
Mendip - Cheddar, its gorge and caves. Balch, Herbert E.. 1935 . Wells : Clare, Son & Co., 177pp, illus. figs |
| Sun Hole |
Secretaries Report, 1932-1935. Hewer, C.R.. 4(3)171-173(1932-1935) 1935 UBSS Proc. |
| unnamed cave |
[Whitchurch cave found; illus]. Anon. (1 Jun) 1935 Bristol Evening Post. |
| unnamed cave |
Cosy in the caves. [note on dig at Pixie Forest] [DJI(p)]. Anon. (17 Dec) 1935 Bristol Evening World. |
| Drunkard's Hole |
Log Book. Caves and Potholes.. Hensler, Eric. 1935-c.1966 . MSS, 76p, |
| Drunkard's Hole |
Newly opened cave on the track to Burrington via Dolebury. Called Cow's Hole by SSSS. [10 May]. Sayce, H.. (01), 2 and 4, Survey 1936 Sidcot School Speleological Society Logbook No. 1. |
| Sun Hole |
A pottery spoon from the Mendips.. Piggott, Stuart. 2, 143, illus 1936 Proc Prehist Soc. |
| Devil's Punch Bowl |
Mendip - its swallet caves and rock shelters.. Balch, Herbert E.. 1937 . Wells : Clare, Son & Co., 211pp, illus. figs, surveys |
| Ebbor Gorge caves [unidentified cave] |
Hole in Bluff Behind Tower Rock, Ebbor [etc]. Bird, E.L.. 1937 . MSS, 3p |
| St. Dunstan's Well |
Mendip - its swallet caves and rock shelters.. Balch, Herbert E.. 1937 . Wells : Clare, Son & Co., 211pp, illus. figs, surveys |
| Sun Hole |
Schedule of Cave Finds. Jackson, J. Wilfred. 1(2)48-51 1937 BSA Cav Cav. |
| flora & fauna |
A short note on the fauna of some Mendip caves. Glennie, E. Aubrey. 3,69-74 1938 Brit Cav. |
| Dundry Freestone Quarries |
An ecological survey of Dundry Down with special reference to the open down association.. Boley, Gertrude M.. 8(4)479-496(1948) 1939 Proc Bristol Nats Soc, Ser 4. |
| flora & fauna |
Horseshoe Bats, Gough's Old Cave, Cheddar [photo]. Wadsworth, A.. opposite p.34 1939 WNHAS Rep. |
| Hotwells Tunnels |
200 feet of solid rock to protect City's Archives [Hotwells Tunnels and Redcliffe Caves]. Anon. (18 Jul) 1939 Bristol Evening Post. |
| flora & fauna |
Beetles found in British Caves. Hazelton, Mary. 6,88-89 1940 Brit Cav. |
| unnamed cave |
p.7, c.1 : "Grave" on Downs [Possible cave site]. Anon. (26 Feb) p.7,c.1 1940 Bristol Evening Post. |
| Drunkard's Hole |
Sidcot School Speleological Society Logbook No. 2. Sidcot School Speleological Society.. (2)(1941-1944) 1941-44 SSSS Logbook. |
| flora & fauna |
[Bats in Mendip Caves]. Blackmore, Michael. March 12th, 1943 1943 Country Life. |
| flora & fauna |
Horseshoe bats of Mendip caves. Anon. (12 Mar), Vol.93, pp.482-483, illus 1943 Country Life. |
| Hunting Lodge Slocker |
Cook's Wood, Mendip.. Balch, Herbert E.. 11,7-8 1943 Brit Cav. |
| Milverton Underground Passage |
Underground Passage, Milverton, Somerset. Platten, Gerard [ed]. 10,11 1943 Brit Cav. |
| Sun Hole |
Log Books. University of Bristol Spelaeological Society. 1943- . MSS, approx 20 vols |
| unnamed cave |
Search for Horse - Discovery [collapsed depression into which fell - horse not recovered, St. Anne's area of Bristol (Eastwood Farm, Eastwood Crescent)]. Anon. (27 Jan) 1944 Bristol Evening Post. |
| flora & fauna |
Letter from Brig. Glennie re flora and fauna in caves. Glennie, Brig. (20 Jun) 1946 Bristol Evening Post. |
| Hunters' Hole |
Log Books. Wessex Cave Club. 1946-2003 . MSS, 33 vols, maps, surveys, illus Formerly known as the 'Hillgrove Log Books' |
| Whitsun Hole |
Log Books. Wessex Cave Club. 1946-2003 . MSS, 33 vols, maps, surveys, illus Formerly known as the 'Hillgrove Log Books' |
| Dundry Freestone Quarries |
Bristol Exploration Club Log. Vol. II. A record of all caving trips undertaken by the Club. Bristol Exploration Club. 1946-49 . Priddy : Quarto MSS, 72ff, surveys, illus. |
| Dundry Freestone Quarries |
Around and about Bristol.. [Stanbury, T.Harry]. 1(1)3(Jan) 1947 BEC Bel Bul. |
| flora & fauna |
He woke up bats at night. [Mendip general]. Anon.. (1 Dec) 1947 Daily Mirror. |
| St. Dunstan's Well |
Report for 1947. Berman, E.E.. (40)9-11 1947 MNRC Rep. |
| Sun Hole |
Mendip - Cheddar, its gorge and caves. Balch, Herbert E.. 1947 . London : Simpkin, Marshall (1941) Ltd, 102pp, illus. figs |
| Sun Hole |
Mendip - Cheddar, its gorge and caves. Balch, Herbert E.. 1947 . London : Simkin, Marshall (1941) Ltd : 2nd edition, vii + 102pp., illus, figs, surveys |
| Tower Tunnel |
Mendip - The Great Cave of Wookey Hole.. Balch, Herbert E.. 1947 . London : Simkin, Marshall (1941) Ltd : 3rd edition, vii + 108pp; illus, survey, figs |
| Drunkard's Hole |
Sidcot School Speleological Society Logbook No. 4. Sidcot School Speleological Society.. (4)(1947-1948) 1947-48 SSSS Logbook. |
| Devil's Punch Bowl |
Mendip - its swallet caves and rock shelters.. Balch, Herbert E.. 1948 . London : Simpkin, Marshall (1941) Ltd., [vi] + 156pp, surveys, illus |
| Drunkard's Hole |
Secretaries Report, 1946-1948. Gummer, M. & Stride, R.D.. 6(1)9-11(1946-1948) 1948 UBSS Proc. |
| flora & fauna |
[info. on ferns in Gough's Cave]. Anon. ( 2 Aug) 1948 W-S-M Mercury. |
| flora & fauna |
Plants growing from light bulbs, Cheddar [Gough's Cave]. Anon. (4 Aug) 1948 Bristol Evening World. |
| flora & fauna |
[Jim Painter - carried soil into caves for mushrooms]. Anon. ( 2 Aug) 1948 W-S-M Mercury. |
| Hunting Lodge Slocker |
Mendip - its swallet caves and rock shelters.. Balch, Herbert E.. 1948 . Wells : Clare, Son & Co., 211pp, illus. figs, surveys |
| St. Dunstan's Well |
Mendip - its swallet caves and rock shelters.. Balch, Herbert E.. 1948 . London : Simpkin, Marshall (1941) Ltd., [vi] + 156pp, surveys, illus |
| St. Dunstan's Well |
Report for 1948. Berman, E.E.. (41)19-22 1948 MNRC Rep. |
| Devil's Punch Bowl |
Somerset.. Wade, George Woosung and Wade, Joseph Henry. 1949 . London : 10th edition; [The Little Guide Series]; revised by Maxwell Fraser, xii + 216pp, illus, map, 15.7cm/ |
| Drunkard's Hole |
The caves and general district surrounding Burrington Combe in hydrology.. Stewart, Peter A.E.. (21)2-5(Mar) 1949 BEC Bel Bul. |
| flora & fauna |
All Dolled up - to catch bats // Just watch them do a 'knees bend, ' say the Hoopers [catching bats in caves near Buckfastleigh, Devon]. Pincher, Chapman. (28 Apr) 1949 Daily Express. |
| Hunting Lodge Slocker |
Some interesting theories on Stoke Lane Swallet. Innes, A.M.. 3(20)2-3(Feb) 1949 BERC Bel Bul. |
| Sun Hole |
The story of Cheddar its gorge, caves and ancient history in fact, fiction and photo.. Thorneycroft, L.B.. 1949 . Taunton, Somerset : Barnicotts Ltd., x + 150pp, maps, illus, surveys. 3 impressions, 1949, 1952 and 1959. |
| Drunkard's Hole |
The caves and general district surrounding Burrington Combe in hydrology.. Stewart, Peter A.E.. 20, 3-7(Spring) 1950 Brit Cav. |
| Dundry Freestone Quarries |
Dundry Freestone workings.. Stewart, Peter A.E.. 20, 78-79(Spring)d 1950 Brit Cav. |
| flora & fauna |
The U.B.S.S. bat ringing scheme. Bird, Peter F.. 6(2)205-207(1949-1950 1950 UBSS Proc. |
| flora & fauna |
Stoke Lane Swallet. Unwin, Max. (40)2(Oct) 1950 BEC Bel Bul. |
| Hunting Lodge Slocker |
Some interesting theories on Stoke Lane Swallet. Innes, A.M.. 20,28-30(Spring) 1950 Brit Cav. |
| Hutton Hill caves - unidentified |
Extracts from a diary of a schoolboy in Mendip. Part 1.. Stanton, William I.. 21, 65-72(Winter) 1950 Brit Cav. |
| Sandford Hill Mine [High Mine] - unidentified |
Extracts from a diary of a schoolboy in Mendip. Part 1.. Stanton, William I.. 21, 65-72(Winter) 1950 Brit Cav. |
| Sun Hole |
Museum Report. Donovan, Desmond T.. 6(2)106-108(1949-1950) 1950 UBSS Proc. |
| Devil's Punch Bowl |
Geological field day. Goldie, D.G.. 2(31)17(Dec) 1951 WCC Jnl. |