Somerset coalfield

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Somerset_coalfield

GPTKB entity

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Field
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:featureType	gptkb:Carboniferous
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	major source of coal in southwest England
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Somerset coalfield
gptkbp:lastMineClosed	gptkb:Writhlington_Colliery
gptkbp:lastMineClosedYear	1973
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:England gptkb:Somerset
gptkbp:miningEnded	1973
gptkbp:miningStarted	15th century
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Radstock_rail_accident
gptkbp:notableFor	gptkb:Buckland_Dinham_Colliery gptkb:Farrington_Gurney_Colliery gptkb:Midsomer_Norton_Colliery gptkb:Radstock_Colliery gptkb:Writhlington_Drift gptkb:Braysdown_Colliery gptkb:Camerton_Colliery gptkb:Clandown_Colliery gptkb:Coleford_Colliery gptkb:Foxcote_Colliery gptkb:Haydon_Colliery gptkb:High_Littleton_Colliery gptkb:Kilmersdon_Colliery gptkb:Norton_Hill_Colliery gptkb:Old_Mills_Colliery gptkb:Paulton_Colliery gptkb:Shoscombe_Colliery gptkb:Stratton-on-the-Fosse_Colliery gptkb:Timsbury_Colliery gptkb:Vobster_Colliery gptkb:Welton_Hill_Colliery gptkb:Writhlington_Colliery
gptkbp:notableIndustry	gptkb:steel agriculture coal mining railways breweries lime kilns brickworks
gptkbp:notableTown	gptkb:Camerton gptkb:High_Littleton gptkb:Writhlington gptkb:Midsomer_Norton gptkb:Radstock gptkb:Timsbury gptkb:Coleford gptkb:Kilmersdon gptkb:Stratton-on-the-Fosse gptkb:Clutton gptkb:Farrington_Gurney gptkb:Paulton
gptkbp:numberOfMines	over 80
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Bristol_and_Somerset_coalfields
gptkbp:product	gptkb:coal
gptkbp:transportation	gptkb:Great_Western_Railway gptkb:Somerset_and_Dorset_Joint_Railway
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Radstock_Museum
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6