SOMERSET INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE (PB)

Henry Buckton details Somerset’s rich industrial tapestry, from iron-ore mining on the Brendon Hills and Exmoor to lead mining on the Mendip Hills, from quarrying at places such as Ham Hill to peat extraction on the Somerset Levels, as well as the Somerset coalfield. These lost industrial landscapes of Somerset are uncovered to reveal the great variety of industry and employment that existed in the county and how England has changed from the days it was regarded as the workshop of the world.