A List of Coal Mines

Gloucestershire's Mining Industry in 1896 - A List of Coal Mines

Child labour in the Mines

Taken from The Condition of the Working Class in England in 1844: Friedrich Engels (1845)

Forest of Dean Coal Mining

Within this site are details of the various gales making up the Forest of Dean coalfield.

The Mining of Coal in the Coleford District before 1850

This is a reprint of an article from Gloucestershire Society for Industrial Archaeology Journal for 1980 pages 38-48.

Women and Mines

This site explores the many different roles undertaken by women and girls in mines around the world.