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Survey 1

The Bridgwater & Taunton Canal

C. A. Buchanan

reprinted 1990

A5

27 pages

maps

illustrations

£2.25 post free

Survey 2

Hancock's Brewery, Wiveliscombe

Mary Miles

reprinted 2001

A5

32 pages

illustrations

£2 25 post free

Survey 3

Electricity in Taunton, 1807-1948

D. Gledhill and P. Lamb

1986

A5

32 pages

illustrations

£1 50 post free

Survey 4

W. H. Pool & Sons, Engineers

D. W. Warren

1988

A5

44 pages

illustrations

£2 70 post free

Survey 5

Taunton Gas, 1816-1949

D. Gledhill

1989

A5

44 pages

 illustrations

£2.70 post free

Survey 6

Dening of Chard, Agricultural Engineers, 1828-1955

D. W. Warren

1989

A5

44 pages

illustrations

£2.70 post free

Survey 7

Bogs and Inundations. The draining of the Somerset levels

I. Miles

A5

40 pages

illustrations

£3.45 post free

Survey 8

Somerset's Industrial Heritage, A Guide and Gazetteer 1996

A5

68 pages

maps

illustrations

£3.95 post free

Survey 9

Donyatt Pottery, 11th century - 1939

R. Coleman-Smith

1996

A5

32 pages

illustrations

£2.70 post free

Survey 10

Rural Water Supply

D. W. Warren

1998

A5

40 pages

illustrations

£2.25 post free

Survey 11

The Somerset Coalfield

S. Gould

1999

A5

68 pages

illustrations

£6 95 post free

Survey 12

Mills around Wiveliscombe

M. Bodman

2000

A5

48 pages

illustrations

£3 50 post free

Survey 13

Somerset Brick & Tile Manufactures

B. J. Murless

A5

54 Pages

illustrations

£2.50 post free

Survey 14

"Now you see it, then you didn't"

Some World War II

defence installations

D. Warren

2000

A5

22 pages

maps

illustrations

£1.80 post free

Survey 15

Mills of the Isle and its tributaries

D. Warren

2001

A5

84 pages,

maps

illustrations

£4.50 post free

Survey 16

The Minehead United Turnpike Trust

L. A. Clarke

2002

A5

72 pages

maps

illustrations

£4 95 post free

Survey 17

The Gas Works of Somerset

D. Gledhill

2003

A5

76 pages

maps

illustrations

£4.95 post free

Survey 18

From Field to Factory (Somerset Flax & Hemp)

S. Buchanan

210 x 210mm

80 pages

illustrations

£10.00 post free

Index to SIAS Bulletins 1 - 100

£3.00 post free

Journal 1 1975

£1.00 post free

Journal 2 1977 (reprint)

£3.50 post free

Journal 3 1981

£1.00 post free

Index to SIAS Journals 1 - 3

£1.50 post free

Somerset Roads - The Legacy of the Turnpikes.

Phase 1 - Western Somerset

J. B. Bentley & B. J. Murless

Reprint of original 1980s edition

A4

112 pages

maps

illustrations

£10 00 + £1.50 postage

Somerset Roads - The Legacy of the Turnpikes.

Phase 2 - Eastern Somerset

J. B. Bentley & B. J. Murless

Reprint of original 1980s edition

A4

121 pages

maps

illustrations

£9 00 + £1.50 postage

English Bronze Cooking Vessels.

Published by Somerset Museum Service with support from SIAS

£3.00 + 50p postage

Perfectly Pure - A Directory of Somerset Brewers

(NB : covers the post-1974 County so does not cover

North Somerset and Bath & North East Somerset)

Published by SIAS and the Brewery History Society.

A4

130 pages

photographs

illustrations

£10.95 post free

Men & Mining on the Quantocks

John Hamilton

Published by Exmoor Mines Research Group

2008

A4 wire-bound

170 pages

maps

illustrations.

Much enlarged reprint of the original 1970s edition

£13.50 post free

The Coaching Era

Geoff Body & Roy Gallop

Published by Fiducia Press

2003

54 pages

illustrations

£6-50 post free
 

James Gillingham, Surgical Mechanist & Manufacturer of Artificial Limbs

Derrick Warren

210mm x 210mm

125 pages

illustrated with original 19th century photographs

£9.00 post free

Gillingham was a boot maker living in Chard who specialised in surgical boots. He encountered many deformed and injured persons, often with dreadful injuries involving loss of limbs by machinery with no safety protection. He saw that the official replacement limbs they had received were extremely crude, heavy and often all but useless and soon realised he could do a much better job using shaped leather and also developing truly articulating joints. He experienced difficulty getting established with the medical profession but as time passed and the effectiveness of his limbs and supports became known even medics started to refer people to him. Luckily, Gillingham was also a proficient photographer and a remarkable collection of sometimes rather macabre pictures exists, a selection of which illustrate the book.

NEW
A Field Guide to Exmoor's Early Iron Industry

Lee Bray

Illustrated by Anne Leaver and Jayne Brayne

£5.00 post free
Published May 2010 by Exmoor National Park Authority

The Iron industry reached its peak on the Brendon Hills of eastern Exmoor during the 19th century, but has a much longer history stretching back at least to the Roman period and probably into the Late Iron Age. Evidence can still be found across Exmoor, with some remarkable sites remaining as earthworks that shape the landscape we see today. This book will appeal to those who are interested in Exmoor's industrial past. It gives an overview of what we know about the iron industry on Exmoor from the late prehistoric to the medieval period, with useful descriptions of the geological background and the iron production process. It conveniently guides visitors to locations where they can experience the industrial archaeology in the field.