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. The museum may be temporarily closed however, publications from our Book Shop can still be collected from the museum. We now offer contactless payment too.
If you wish to receive any item(s) in the post, simply get in touch and we will arrange payment and postage with you. Please note that the listed prices exclude postage and packaging.
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Bath Stone Quarries
"Bath Stone Quarries is a comprehensive photographic record of the Bath stone industry from the mid-Victorian period to the present day. Its… [...]
Finished Labour of a Thousand Hands
"The Combe Down Stone Quarries, which were the principal supplier of building stone for the great period of building in Bath during the 18th and… [...]
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… [...]
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… [...]
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… [...]
Around Combe Down
Peter Addison has been researching the history of his adopted home for many years. Combe Down, although now part of the City of Bath, has always… [...]
Somerset and Dorset Swansong
The first of a new format of book from Wild Swan, the same size as the old "Bradford Barton" books, but produced as a sewn softback and… [...]
Bath’s Railways
This book provides a fascinating pictorial history of the railways in and around Bath, and is packed with black and white photographs (one per page)… [...]
The Search for Frank Pine
John Daniels never knew, in his lifetime, his grandfather Frank Pine (who sketched this corner of Westminster Abbey) but John’s research into his… [...]
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… [...]
