Welcome to BIAS Home Page
Introduction
Welcome to the Bristol Industrial Archaeological Society website. This site contains information about the Society, details of its events and information about all that we care about in Bristol.Why not join and get a yearly first-class journal and three bulletins, attend loads of lectures and walks! 40 years old shows how good it is!
- About BIAS
- Membership- how to apply
- News (updated 28 April 2012)
- News of Members
- News from the Association for Industrial Archaeology
- News from our Area Representatives
- Museum News
- News and Views
- Planning developments (updated 21 April 2012).
New section
- Requests for help (updated 26 November 2011) - from members only. New section
- Events (updated 18 March 2012)
- Courses, conferences and events of interest to BIAS members (updated 6 May 2012)
- Photo gallery - all contributions welcomely received! (updated 1 April 2012)
- Brunel Prize to encourage research in industrial archaeology of the Bristol / Bath region.
- Bursaries to support research
- BIAS histories BIAS histories are a new venture by the Society (updated 15 September 2011). We plan to reprint articles from back copies of the BIAS Journal and other sources on subjects of interest where the original source is no longer available.
- Achievements over the last 30 years (updated 5 April 2005)
- Projects (updated 3 Feb 2012), including
- Clifton Rocks Railway (updated 17 Apr 2012)
- BIAS Gazeteer of Industrial Sites of the Bristol and Bath Area (updated 10 August 2011)
- Archive: Books, pictures and maps about Industrial Archaeology (updated 28 April 2012)
- Journal Index (updated 16 April 2012)
- Requests for help (updated 26 November 2011) - from members only. New section
Useful websites:
- The Association for Industrial Archaeology http://www.industrial-archaeology.org.uk
- The Gloucestershire Society for Industrial Archaeology http://www.gsia.org.uk
- The Bristol and Gloucestershire Society Archaeological Society http://www.bgas.org.uk
- The Greater London Industrial Archaeological Society http://www.glias.org.uk/
- Somerset industrial archaeological society http://www.sias.me.uk/
- The Hampshire Industrial Archaeology Society http://www.hias.org.uk
- The Sussex Industrial Archaeology Society www.sussexias.co.uk
- The Newcomen Society http://www.newcomen.com/. world's oldest learned society devoted to the study of the history of engineering and technology.
- Avon Industrial Buildings Trust www.aibt.org a small charity that has been working on the preservation of the area's industrial infrastructure for over 25 years.
- Wessex Mills Group http://wessexmillsgroup.org.uk/
- The Dramway http://www.dramway.bristol-rail.co.uk/ This is a photographic'walk' along the old Avon & Gloucestershire Railway, which is known nowadays as the Dramway. Also at the website is a comprehensive history of the line and the collieries it served. The website is the result of a year and a half of research and site visits and is, I believe, the most comprehensive look at this surviving relic of our industrial past ever undertaken.
- http://www.coalcanal.org Informative website of Somersetshire Coal Canal Society. Canal was built to carry coal from the Paulton and Radstock coal fields to the Kennet and Avon Canal
- A href="http://www.bathheritagewatchdog.org/">www.bathheritagewatchdog.org/ Organisation fighting to preserve notable buildings and structures, and to oppose inappropriate developments that might put them or Bath's World Heritage status at risk.
- South Gloucestershire Mines Research Group http://www.sgmrg.co.uk
- Mines of Sardinia, web site
dealing with the old Sardinian disused mines, mining archaeology and
mining history.
http://www.minesofsardinia.com/LinkIng.php?IdCL=11
Herbert Hughes and his "Text book of Coal Mining" was first Published in 1892 with a second edition following very shortly after- with only a few changes to the original. A copy of this second edition can be accessed on line at http://openlibrary.org/b/OL7168598M/text-book_of_coal-mining - http://www.old-maps.co.uk gives access to old OS maps of end of 19th century
- Bristol Civic Society
- Victorian Society
- Civic Trust
- NCE stands for new civil engineer, which is the Institution of Civil Engineers weekly magazine for members. But its actually a separate business and not the institution itself. They are into many things Brunellic, as well as current employment issues, achievements and disasters. Disasters inform design so there's a healthy focus on airing infrastructure problems.
- Bristol Industrial Museum, Princes Wharf, Wapping Road, Bristol, BS1 4RN. Tel: 0117 925 1470
- International Stationary Engine Society
- Bristol Threatened History Society is a registered charity which supports archaeological activity in the City of Bristol
- Cotswold Archaeology, independent archaeological fieldwork and consultancy practice
- Bristol and Region Archaeological Services, part of Bristol Museums and Art Gallery
- Oxford Archaeology, independent providers of archaeology services and heritage services
- Museum of Bath at Work, Camden Works, Julian Road, BATH, BA1 2RH. Tel: (01225) 318348
- Radstock Museum, Market Hall, Radstock
- International Molinology (Study of mills)
- 24 Hour Museum - official guide to UK museums, galleries, exhibitions and heritage
- The West Somerset Railway on the Web
- Bristol Evening Post
- Bristol City Council
- BBC
- Images of England is a ‘point in time’ photographic library of England’s listed buildings, recorded at the turn of the 21st century.
You can view over 300,000 images of England’s built heritage from lamp posts to lavatories, phone boxes to toll booths, mile stones to gravestones, as well as thousands of bridges, historic houses and churches.
The site brings together the English Heritage online "list" of listed buildings, The "Images of England" website (which also includes most listed buildings but also has pictures of some) and the "pastscape" site which has archeological records. All of these were available before but it is nice that they are in one place.- The HER - which stands for Historic Environment Records (otherwise known as the SMR- Sites and monuments record) has also been available online for a while along with various other resources e.g Take a look at the following page on the English Heritage site http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.1518 The joy of this latest site appears to be that it searches several of these at once
- Website to promote cultural delights of English heritage cities. Click on Bristol
- On-line resource, research and consultancy service for anyone requiring information or historical background. Based in Bristol
- High quality videos Trams, trolleybuses, buses, steam and electric railways, paddle-steamers, shipping; vintage film from 1896 to footage of today's operating tramways; from Brighton to Brazil; UK based company ONLINE VIDEO offers over 130 superbly produced videos to delight the transport enthusiast or nostalgia seeker.
- multimap. Enter a postcode (Clifton is BS8), or a street name (eg West Mall, Clifton)- and see a detailed map of the area. You can switch to an aerial photo of the same area. Incidentally this facility covers other countries too!