Some Books and Publications with Mendip

Some Books and Publications with Mendip (and other local area) Interest

Note: This list is a preliminary issue. There have been multiple editions of some publications. Only the latest (where known) is listed. Details of all editions will be available later in a more comprehensive bibliography which is in preparation. Not all publications have been listed. Others will be added as time permits. Watch this space.

Maps

O/S Landranger 182 Weston-super-Mare, Bridgwater & Wells
O/S Landranger 183 Yeovil, Frome, Shaftesbury & Shepton Mallet
O/S Explorer 141 Cheddar Gorge & Mendip Hills West
O/S Explorer 142 Shepton Mallet & Mendip Hills East

Caving Books

Mendip Underground Irwin & Jarrett 1993 ISBN 0 905903 12 9
Mendip The Complete Caves Barrington & Stanton 1977 ISBN 0 9501459 2 0 (out of print)
Fairy Cave Quarry - A Study of the Caves. G Price (Ed). Cerberus Spelaeological Society 1977

Climbing

Avon and Cheddar - Climbers Club Guide. Martin Crocker. Climbers Club 1992. ISBN 0 901 601 47 0.
Bristol Area Update. Gordon Jenkin & Martin Crocker 1994
Holcombe Quarry Sport Climbs - New Crags in the Bristol Area. Gordon Jenkin, Martin Crocker & Francis Haden 1997

Walking Books

Mendip Rambles. Peter Wright. Ex Libris Press 1993. ISBN 0 948578 33 5
Mendip Walks. Tom Elkin. Mendip Publishing. ISBN 0 905903 11 0.
Walking on the Mendip Hills. Sue Gearing. Halsgrove 1999. ISBN 184114 023 6
The West Mendip Way. Derek Moynes. EX Libris Press 1999. ISBN 0 948578 45 9
The West Mendip Way. Andrew Eddy. Weston-Super-Mare Civic Society 1985.
Uphill To Frome - A Guide to the Mendip Way. David Wright. David Wright 2000. ISBN 0 9539237 0 3
Colliers Way - The Somerset Coalfield. Peter Collier. Ex Libris Press 1999. ISBN 0 948587 43 2.
The Somersetshire Coal Canal Rediscovered. Niall Allsop. Millstream Books 1988. ISBN 0948975091.
Walks Around the Caves and Karst of the Mendip Hills. Andy Farrant. BCRA 1999. ISBN 0 900265 21 3.
Walks Around Cheddar Gorge. Peter MacNab. Mendip Publishing. ISBN 0 905903 18 8.
Pub Walks in The Mendips. Rod Lawton. Sigma Leisure 1993. ISBN 1 85058 310 2.
Walks near Wells. Yatton Ramblers 1999. ISBN 0 9537165 0 3.
Lesser Known Mendip. Ray Glover. Berkswell Books 1995. ISBN 0 904 631 10 9.
50 Walks in Somerset. Ronald Turnball. AA Publishing 2002. ISBN 0 7495 3331 5.
Glastonbury Footpath Walks. Glastonbury Conservation Society 1995.
Cheddar Gorge & Crook Peak (leaflet). The National Trust 2002.
The Third Book of Country Rounds. Sue Gearing. Redcliffe Press Ltd. 1993. ISBN 1 872971 33 4.
Warwalks - Stop Green Line. Major Green. Reardon Publishing 1999. ISBN 1 873877 39 0.
Wildlife Walkabouts: Avon and Somerset Border. Michael Woods. Wayside Books 1989. ISBN 0 948264 05 5.

General Local Interest

Holy Wells of Bath & Bristol Region. Phil Quinn. Logaston Press 1999.
Somerset V Hitler - Secret Operations in the Mendips 1939-1945. Donald Brown. Countryside Books 1999. ISBN 1 85306 590 0.
The Somerset Coalfield. Shane Gould. SIAS 1999. ISBN 0 9533539 0 7
Coal From Camerton. Neil Macmillen. Mike Chapman and Neil Macmillen 2000. ISBN 0 9515612 0 0.
The Somersetshire Coal Canal - A Pictorial Journey. Roger Halse & Simon Castens. Milstream Books 2000. ISBN 094897558X.
Fifteen Mendip Villages. Roy Mackenzie. Roy Mackenzie 2002
Doulting - the history of a Somerset village. John Seal. John Seal 1993. ISBN 0 9521254 0 4.
The Wildlife of Coleford. Claire Weeks (Ed). Coleford Wildlife Group 2001. (includes some walks).
The Mendip Hills - A Threatened Landscape. Shirley Toulson. Victor Gollancz 1984. ISBN 0 575 03453 X.
The Mendips in Old Photographs. Chris Howell. Alan Sutton 1990. ISBN 0 86299 807 7.
The Origins of Somerset. Michael Costen. Manchester University Press 1992. ISBN 0 7190 3399 3.
The Story Of Priddy. Alan Thomas. Ina Rex 1989. ISBN 1 86989 704 8
Mendip Country. Jillian Powell and Julia Davey. Bossiney Books 1987. ISBN 0 948158 32 8.
A History Of Somerset. Robert Dunning. Phillimore 1983. ISBN 0 85033 461 6.
The Shepton Mallet Story. Fred Davis. 3rd Edition. The Shepton Mallet Society 1994.
Wookey Hole - Past & Present. D Hudsmith (Ed). Wookey Hole 2000 Committee 2001.
Fussells Ironworks Mells. Ken Griffiths & Roy Gallop. Fiducia Press 2000. ISBN 0 946217 07 6.
A Field Guide to Somerset Archaeology. Lesley and Roy Adkins. Dovecote Press 1992. ISBN 0 946159 94 7.
New Sites for old - A Students Guide to the geology of the east Mendips. NCC 1985. ISBN 0 86139 319 8.
Old Mendip. Robin Atthill. Bran's Head Books 1984. ISBN 0 905220 55 2.
Mendip - A New Study. Robin Atthill (Ed). David & Charles 1976. ISBN 0 7153 7297 1.
Mendip's Past - A Shared Inheritance. Penny Stokes. Somerset Books 1999. ISBN 0 861834 95 X.
Downhead - Landscape of Distinction. Penny Stokes (Ed). Mendip District Council 2000. ISBN 0 947841 01 6.
Holcombe. Nora K James. Dorothy Hubble 2000.
Burrington Church and Village - A Short History. C Marsden-Smedley. C Marsden-Smedley 1991.
The Ancient Springs Streams and Underground Watercourses of the City of Wells. W I Stanton. WNHAS 1988.
Mendip Limestone Quarrying - A Conflict of Interest. F Raymond (Ed). Somerset Books 1994. ISBN 0 86183 266 3.
Shepton Mallet: Romano-Britons and Early Christians in Somerset. Peter Leach. University of Birmingham 1991. ISBN 07044 11296.
A Field Guide to Somerset Archaeology. Lesley and Roy Adkins. Dovecote Press 1992. ISBN 0 946159 94 7.
Somerset's Industrial Heritage - A Guide and Gazetteer. Derrick Warren (Ed). SIAS 1996. ISBN 0 9509776 7 5.
Legends of Somerset. Sally Jones. Bossiney Books 1984. ISBN 0 906456 83 5.
Strange Somerset Stories. Bossiney Books 1984. ISBN 0 906456 87 8.
The Lake Villages of Somerset. Stephen Minnet & John Coles. Glastonbury Antiquarian Society 1996. ISBN 0 9507122 3 X.
The Hidden Places of Somerset. Barbara Vesey. Travel Publishing Ltd 2000 (5th Ed). ISBN 1 902 00741 41 7.
The Chalice Well - Glastonbury. The Chalice Well Trust.
The Red & White Springs - The Mysteries of Britain at Glastonbury. Nicholas R Mann. Triskele Publications 1992.
A People Bewitched. Witchcraft and Magic in Nineteenth-Century Somerset. Owen Davies. 1999. ISBN 0 9536390 0 2.
The Unusual Guide To Wells And Wookey Hole. John C Chadwick. Undated. ISBN 0 907683 36 3.
West Country Folklore. Roy and Ursula Radford. Peninsula Press 1998. ISBN 1 872640 41 9.
The History of Nunney. Anthony Windrum. Frome Society for Local Study 1998. ISBN 0 948014 13X.
The Book Of Frome. Michael McGarvie. Frome Society for Local Study 2001. ISBN 0 948014 38 5.
Around Shepton Mallet - Images of England. Fred Davies. Tempus Publishing 2001. ISBN 0 7524 2197 2.
Steepholm - Legends and History. Rodney Legg. Wincanton Press 1993. ISBN 0 948699 59 0.
A History of Somerset. Robert Dunning. 3rd Edition. Halsgrove Publishing 2003. ISBN 0 86183 476 3.
Ashwick - Coal, Ale & Pasture. Penny Stokes (ed). Mendip District Council 2002.
Binegar - A Short History. The Women's Institute. 1994.
A History of Mells. F W Cleverdon. Frome Society for Local Study 1974.
Nunney - An Outline History. Richard Lewis. 4th Edition. Richard Lewis (2003?).
Chantry - Village and Church. David Rawlins. David Rawlins 2003.
Downhead - Rural Life A Social and Economic History. Joyce Jefferson. Downhead History Project 2002.

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