There are many books available about the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway between Bournemouth and Bath and the branch line to Highbridge and Burnham-on-Sea.
Bob Joliffe reviews Michael Welch’s Somerset & Dorset Sunrise in the Daily Echo
A colourful past
April 23, 2009 at 4:00 am (Genealogy)
Tags: Bath, Bournemouth, Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
Underground at Combe Down Mines
July 20, 2008 at 4:00 am (History, Location, Video)
Tags: Bath, Combe Down
Going underground in the silver tunnels at Combe Down Mines in Bath in this video from the Western Daily Press. The mines dates from the 17th and 18th Century and were used to extract Bath stone for the city of Bath, and have since been disused.
Horrible Murder in the City
December 9, 2007 at 4:00 am (Biography, Genealogy)
Tags: Bath, Bishopsgate, Horler, Murder, Rogers
On November 21, 1852, the Weekly Dispatch reported on the murder of Mary Horler, a married woman of 25, the subsequent apprehension of her husband Henry Horler and his commital hearing. In December, 1852, Henry Horler was tried and convicted of the murder of his wife. (Note that other reports name the victim as Anne Horler).
