A second North Somerset Miscellany

Reference Number

PP/207

Level of Description

Item

Title

A second North Somerset Miscellany

Creator(s) & Administrative History

Bluhm, R. K.: Editor
Various: Author
Bath and Camerton Archaeological Society and contributors: Publisher

Date

1971

ISBN

9501683 0 0

Extent

Pages: 60

Description

Contains the following articles: The origins of the historic town plan in Bath by Peter Greening (a study of the planning of the city in the Roman and Saxon periods), pp. 7-16; Circulating libraries in eighteenth-century Bath by V. J. Kite (includes information on libraries and bookshops in Bath run by John and Henry Hammond, Allan Ramsey, James Leake, William Frederick, Benjamin Matthews, Thomas Mills, William Bally, Samuel Hazard and Andrew Tennent. It also mentions the book kept at Bath Reference Library recording the names of subscribers and their addresses to Marshall's library in Milson Street begun in about 1770 by Tennent), pp. 17-22; Bath breweries in the latter half of the eighteenth century by Ronald Wilcox (a list of known Bath breweries of the period and their locations is given on pp-30-31 of this article), pp. 23-31; Tithe disputes at Camerton, Somerset, 1800-1839 by W. J. Wedlake (based on the experiences of Rev. John Skinner of Camerton as recounted in his diary), pp. 32-51; The Somerset coalfield, 1790-1820 by R. K. Bluhm (a short history), pp. 52-60. Second copy in SR12

Subject

Breweries
Coal mines
Coal mining
Libraries
Tithes
Topography
Urban planning