Somerset coalfield area

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coalfield historic industrial region

The Somerset coalfield area is a historic coal-mining region in north Somerset, England, encompassing several towns and villages that developed around its former collieries.

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Somerset coalfield 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coalfield ⓘ
historic industrial region ⓘ
contains Camerton NERFINISHED ⓘ
Clutton NERFINISHED ⓘ
Coleford NERFINISHED ⓘ
Farrington Gurney NERFINISHED ⓘ
High Littleton NERFINISHED ⓘ
Holcombe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kilmersdon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Midsomer Norton NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paulton NERFINISHED ⓘ
Radstock NERFINISHED ⓘ
Stratton-on-the-Fosse NERFINISHED ⓘ
Timsbury NERFINISHED ⓘ
country England ⓘ
currentLandUse agriculture ⓘ
light industry ⓘ
recreational trails ⓘ
residential areas ⓘ
documentedIn local mining history studies ⓘ
economicRole employment for mining communities ⓘ
fuel supply for local industry ⓘ
geologicalBasin Bristol Coalfield system NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCommunity former mining families and descendants ⓘ
hasCulturalAssociation coal mining heritage of Somerset ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalIssue mine water drainage management ⓘ
subsidence risk in some former mining areas ⓘ
hasHistoricalUse coal extraction ⓘ
heritageFeature disused railway lines ⓘ
former colliery sites ⓘ
miners’ housing terraces ⓘ
mining spoil heaps ⓘ
industrialActivityPeakCentury 19th century ⓘ
industrialActivityStartCentury 17th century ⓘ
industrialDeclineCentury 20th century ⓘ
knownFor coal mining ⓘ
lastDeepMinesClosed 20th century ⓘ
locatedIn North Somerset NERFINISHED ⓘ
Somerset ⓘ
southwest England ⓘ
surface form: South West England
near Bath NERFINISHED ⓘ
Frome NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Bristol and Somerset coalfields NERFINISHED ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
primaryResource bituminous coal ⓘ
transportLinkedTo Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
local tramways and wagonways ⓘ

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Radstock → locatedIn → Somerset coalfield area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Somerset coalfield
Midsomer Norton → partOf → Somerset coalfield area ⓘ