Camerton, Somerset
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Camerton is a village in Somerset, six miles southwest of Bath, lying on the Cam Brook.
The village expanded as a result of coal mining on the Somerset coalfield in the 19th Century. Camerton New Colliery, which started in the very early 1800s, and Camerton Old Colliery, which predates it by about 20 years. Camerton New Pit survived to be nationalised, eventually closing in 1950. The maximum amount mined was 77 000 tons in 1903.[1]
In the centre of the village is an old coal spoil tip or "batch" called Camerton Batch (or Camerton Old Batch to distinguish it from the taller Camerton New Batch which lies just to the east).
With the closure of the coal mines it is now primarily a commuter village for people working in Bath.
Bath & Camerton Archaeological Society takes its name from the village.
Camerton is also home to the National Osteoporosis Society.
[edit] Transport
Camerton once had a branch line from the Bristol and North Somerset Railway (part of the Great Western Railway) mainly for coal. It opened from Hallatrow in 1882 and was extended along the line of the former Somerset Coal Canal to Limpley Stoke in 1910, where it joined with the main line from Bath to Bradford on Avon. Traffic on the line was never heavy: passenger services were suspended in 1915, resumed in 1923 and finally withdrawn in 1925. Goods traffic remained until 1951.
[edit] References
- ^ Coal Mining. Somerset Ramblers. Retrieved on 2006-11-12.
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