2011 : Henfield, at the bottom of Ram Hill
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2011 : Henfield, at the bottom of Ram Hill
Image: © Maurice Pullin Taken: 20 Mar 2011
Henfield is situated near the centre of the North Bristol Coal Field, this area at one time having been a prolific coal mining community. Coal had been mined in this area since the fourteenth century and most likely even earlier. However it was Sir Samuel Astry, Lord of the Manor of Westerleigh c1680 who started mining on a grander scale and his descendants, or their business partners, continued to be connected with the Coalpit Heath Colliery Company. Within Henfield itself there were 4 mines operational in the early nineteenth century: Copied from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henfield,_Gloucestershire where there is much more.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.511081
Longitude
-2.463223