The Museum of Bath Stone stocks a small selection of related book titles, as well as walking trails courtesy of Combe Down Heritage Society. If you would like to purchase any number of these books and support the museum in doing so, please get in touch. Publications from our Book Shop can be collected from the museum or if you wish to receive any item(s) in the post, simply get in touch and we can arrange payment and postage with you. Please note that the listed prices exclude postage and packaging.
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Digging Bath Stone
"Bath stone was first quarried some two thousand years ago but not significantly until the arrival in Britain of the Romans, then by the Saxons… [...]
Jews in Bath: a community and their Burial Ground 1700–1945 (2nd edition)
"This book brings alive the individuals and families who lived, worked and worshipped in the city, together with the history of their synagogues… [...]
Burlington
"For fifty years the bunker now known as 'Burlington' was the most secret place in Britain. In the early 1950s it was felt that an… [...]
Walks to Works 2: Bath & Bradford on Avon Finding their industrial past in five walks
Walk to Works 2 is a walking guide to Bath and Bradford-on-Avon that explores and explains the lost, the old and a few of the new industrial… [...]
Secret Bath: An Unusual Guide
"Where gentlemen powdered their wigs, a real-tennis court that became a factory that became a museum, Britain’s oldest war memorial, a forgotten… [...]
A History of Byfield Mine, Combe Down
"The book covers the development and history Byfield and Firs Mine. The author lives in the former mine managers house and actually discovered a… [...]
The Stabilisation of Combe Down Stone Mines
"The Stabilisation of Combe Down Stone Mines: the saving of a village is a commemorative book documenting the story of the stabilisation of the… [...]
Secret Underground Corsham
“One hundred feet beneath Corsham and the surrounding villages there lies a vast network of tunnels and chambers, the abandoned remains of stone… [...]
A Guide to the Alternative Combe Down
Written for the children of Bath, this heart-warming and hilarious tale takes young readers on a journey below the surface, following in the… [...]
Mr & Mrs Ralph Allen at Home
Rosemary Simmons, local author and publisher, in her book "Mr and Mrs Ralph Allen at Home" examines the domestic lives of the wealthy at… [...]
Combe Down Heritage Trail
This trail offers a walk around Combe Down village and its surrounds. [...]
Ralph Allen’s Stone Quarries Trail
This trail shows how the landscape of Combe Down that was familiar to Ralph Allen (b1693 – d1764) is still reflected in the views we see today. [...]
Harry Patch 1898 – 2009 The Last Fighting Tommy
The life of Harry Patch (1898 – 2009) provides a fascinating glimpse to the past life of the village of Combe Down, as well as remarkable links both… [...]
William Smith and the landscape of Combe Down
William ‘Strata’ Smith (1769 – 1839) was an English geologist, credited with creating the first nationwide geological map. During work in the… [...]
I Remember Tucking Mill
This charming and evocative account of the childhood of Stanley Wicks, born at Tucking Mill in 1910, tells of his family life and his rambles in the… [...]
Remembering Village Shops
The result of over 3 years of research by the Combe Down Heritage Society, this is a fascinating collection of memories of the old shops on Combe… [...]
A Village of Schools
A new book on education in Combe Down by Jill Woodhead has recently been published by the Combe Down Heritage Society. “A Village of Schools” looks… [...]
111 Places in Bath That You Shouldn’t Miss
The magnificent historic city of Bath - home to sweeping crescents in honeyed stone, restorative thermal waters, and beautiful boutiques - is no… [...]
Go Swift and Far
Born in the wartime German raids on Bath in the Spring of 1942, an orphan boy, alone and destitute, is determined to survive. The city is immersed in… [...]
Time in The Shape of a Mine
To celebrate the end of the Combe Down Stone Mines Stabilisation Project, the Homes and Communities Agency made funding available for commissioning… [...]
Combe Down: The Hole Story
To celebrate the end of the Combe Down Stone Mines Stabilisation Project, the Homes and Communities Agency made funding available for commissioning… [...]
