Timsbury community website

Facilities, groups, parish council and business information for the village of Timsbury, near Bath

Home
Activities
Walks
Hub Library
Facilities
Parish Council
Live issues
News
Events
Village
Services
Contacts
- Contact us
- Local contacts
Timsbury Letter
History
Scarecrow Trail 2020

Coal Mining

Last updated: 22nd March 2017

RETURN TO HISTORY MAIN MENU

guss-and-crook — Guss and Crook

lower-conygre-12 — Lower Conygre Pit. The chimney being demolished probably in 1910.

lower-conygre-11 — Lower Conygre Pit

lower-conygre-6 — Lower Conygre Pit

lower-conygre-7 — Lower Conygre Pit

lower-conygre-8 — Lower Conygre Pit. This is an early picture showing full trucks being lowered down the incline. Notice the chain between the tracks which used to do this.

lower-conygre-9 — Lower Conygre Pit

lower-conygre-2 — Lower Conygre Pit. Picture of the pithead where the trucks have been loaded into the cage ready to be lowered for filling.

lower-conygre-1 — Lower Conygre Pit. This shows the brick chimney which replaced the previous stone one.

lower-conygre-5 — Lower Conygre Pit

lower-conygre-4 — Lower Conygre Pit

lower-conygre-3 — Lower Conygre Pit

upper-conygre-1 — Upper Conygre Pit. The first shaft was sunk in 1791. It was at this pit that the largest lump of coal was raised – 25 cwt.

lower-conygre-10 — Upper Conygre Pit

upper-conygre-2 — Upper Conygre Pit

miners — Miners

timsbury-coal-transport-3 — Timsbury Coal Wagons

timsbury-coal-transport-4 — Timsbury Coal Wagons

timsbury-coal-transport-2 — Timsbury Coal Wagons

timsbury-coal-transport-1-wagon-at-twerton — Timsbury Coal Wagons

timsbury-colliery-rescue-brigade — Timsbury Colliery Rescue Brigade

RETURN TO HISTORY MAIN MENU

Get News of Timsbury by Email

* indicates required

First Name

Email Address *

Search this site

Advertisement

© 2022 Timsbury Parish Council, other than where separately stated · Site created by Picablue
Whilst every effort has been made to maintain accuracy, no responsibility is accepted for any errors in content - see Terms & Conditions
To report problems with the website, contact the webmaster