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