IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Old Mills, BRISTOL, BS39 7SW
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Old Mills, BS39 7SW by members of the Geograph project.
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Image Map
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Image Listing (13 Images Found)
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Derelict Springfield/Old Mills Colliery
Springfield Colliery, opened c1872 & was situated south of what is now the A362. Nearby, north of the A362, was Old Mills Colliery, opened c1860. Originally they were linked by a narrow gauge tramway but in October 1941 a connection underground was made. Although the Old Mills shaft was closed for coal winding the combined colliery was known as Old Mills. The buildings shown here are on the Springfield site. Closure came in 1966 leaving only the collieries at Kilmersdon & Writhlington (Image) in the Somerset coalfield. The site is now part of a Tesco superstore. 2 years before closure I made a memorable visit to the mine during an end-of-term school trip.
I am grateful to Simon Carter of the Radstock Museum (http://radstockmuseum.co.uk/ ) for help in identifying this location.
Image: © Martin Tester
Taken: 4 Sep 1968
0.02 miles
2
2009 : A362 heading east entering Midsomer Norton
Langley's Lane is a few yards behind the camera position.
Image: © Maurice Pullin
Taken: 10 Oct 2009
0.04 miles
3
Focus car park, Paulton
Looking east.
Image: © Jonathan Billinger
Taken: 16 Apr 2010
0.08 miles
4
Office block near Paulton
Paulton House was the head office for Great Mills Stores before the company was taken over by Focus.
Image: © Jonathan Billinger
Taken: 16 Apr 2010
0.13 miles
5
2009 : Parapet of a bridge over a disused railway
Made of cast iron plates riveted together, they made it to last, pity about the railway.
The line formerly ran from Bristol south through Whitchurch, Pensford and Clutton. We see the remains of it just before it reaches Midsomer Norton.
I should add, this was a single line branch of the G.W.R. (God's Wonderful Railway).
Image: © Maurice Pullin
Taken: 10 Oct 2009
0.15 miles
6
2009 : A362 leaving Midsomer Norton heading west
Meets the A37 at Farrington Gurney.
Image: © Maurice Pullin
Taken: 10 Oct 2009
0.17 miles
7
Spoil heap, Old Mills and Springfield Collieries
From a gateway by Boxbury Hill. The heap also appears as "Old Mills Batch" in Image Old Mills colliery operated from 1860-1966; Springfield from 1872-1966.
Image: © Derek Harper
Taken: 7 Oct 2009
0.20 miles
8
Not volcanic
A coal spoil heap rises above the greenery. Midsomer Norton and Radstock were important coalmining areas from the late 18th century, and production gradually increased with time up to 1900. However, the complicated local geology and nationalisation eventually led to the closure of all mining in September 1973.
The heap is actually a SSSI and contains some interesting fossils, including the world's earliest known damselfly!
Image: © Neil Owen
Taken: 28 Jul 2011
0.20 miles
9
Springfield Buildings
A nearer view of the two rows of terraces also shown in Image], again with the A362 on the left.
Image: © Derek Harper
Taken: 9 Dec 2019
0.21 miles
10
Disused pit heap, at the former Old Mills Colliery
Image: © Roger Cornfoot
Taken: 23 Apr 2010
0.22 miles