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BIAS Journal Index

journal_no 1EditorialCoverpublish_date1968 
 The Genius of Industrial ArchaeologyAngus Buchanan   
 The 1968 Bath University ConferenceAngus Buchanan   
 The Language of Bristol BrassJoan Day   
 The Port of Bristol Workshops at the Underfall YardFDC Jeffery & SJ Jacobi   
 Turnpike Roads of the Bristol RegionNeil Cossons & BIAS Survey   
 A note on the BATH ROADSAngus Buchanan and Don Browning   
journal_no 2EditorialCoverpublish_date1969 
 Bibliography of Industrial BristolTony Woolrich   
 Clevedon Pier – a noteBryan Brown   
 Combe Hay Caisson LockAngus Buchanan   
 Hospital Steam Engines in BristolJohn Sawtell   
 Preservation of Viking Ships in OsloS & P Stuckey   
 Redcliff Shot TowerJohn Mosse   
 Some Comments on the Art of PapermakingBrian Attwood   
 The Mills of the Bristol FromeOwen Ward   
 The Old Market Sugar Refinery 1684 -1908Robin Stiles   
journal_no 3EditorialCoverpublish_date1970 
 Bristol Electricity SupplyGeorge Watkins   
 Bristol Quay BollardsGrahame Farr   
 BIAS News and Notes    
 My Life in Bromley Colliery 1917-1922AH Parsons   
 The BIAS Papermills SurveyBrian Attwood   
 The Nettlebridge ValleyRobin Atthill   
journal_no 4EditorialCoverpublish_date1971 
 Bishop Sutton Mill – BIAS SurveyRobin Stiles   
 Bristol Temple Meads StationJohn Mosse   
 Excavation at Kings Mill, StapletonOwen Ward & John Cornwell   
 Kingswood Coal – Part 1Matt Southway   
 Mendip SurveyBurgess, Hawtin, Richards   
 BIAS News and Notes    
 Nailsea GlassworksB Greenhill   
 Swedish Travellers to BristolTony Woolrich   
journal_no 5EditorialCoverpublish_date1972 
 BIAS Turnpike Roads Survey – Part 2SA Rees   
 Bristol and the Aircraft IndustryCH Barnes   
 BIAS News and Notes    
 Kingswood Coal – Part 2Matt Southway   
 The Beginnings of Electricity Supply in Bristol 1889-1902DG Tucker   
journal_no 6EditorialCoverpublish_date1973 
 Bristol City Docks – Items for ListingRobin Stiles   
 Charcoal-Fired Blast Furnaces Construction and OperationTrevor Daff   
 BIAS News and Notes    
 Claverton Pumping StationDavid Rivers   
 Windmills of SomersetMartin Watts   
journal_no 7EditorialCoverpublish_date1974 
 Bristol and the 1851 ExhibitionTony Woolrich   
 Priston MillOwen Ward   
 The Albert Mill SurveyJoan Day   
BIAS News and Notes
 The WCA WarehouseDavid Cocks   
 Water MarkingBrian Attwood   
 Wookey Hole Paper MillMartin Watts   
journal_no 8EditorialCoverpublish_date1975 
 BIAS News and Notes    
 Blindbacks for BrassworkersChris Powell & Roger Wilkes   
 Fussell’s Ironworks, Mells, SomersetJohn Cornwell and Robin Stiles   
 John Padmore’s Cranes at Bath & BristolMartin Watts   
 Mills of the Monnow and Troddi BasinsStan Coates & Gordon Tucker   
 Shortwood BrickworksMartin Doughty and Owen Ward   
 The Stothert and Pitt Steam Fairbairn Type CraneDavid Janes   
 The Somerset Coal Canal Caisson LockHugh Torrens   
journal_no 9EditorialCoverpublish_date1976 
 The Old Brass Mills, SaltfordJoan Day & BIAS Survey   
 A Bristol Plan IdentifiedAmina Chatwin   
BIAS News and Notes
 Animal Powered Machinery in the Bristol RegionMartin Watts   
 Steam in the Underfall YardTom Fisher & David Jones   
 The Bedminster Connection Kingswood Coal Part 3Matt Southway   
 The Clan Down PassbyeJohn Robson   
 The Early Years of Stothert & PittHugh Torrens   
journal_no 10EditorialCoverpublish_date1977 
 BIAS News and Notes   
 Coalmining at Newton St LoeGraham Davis   
 Ropewalks & Ropemakers of BristolJoseph Bryant   
 Bristol Industrial MuseumPaul Elkin   
 The Grenville Steam Carriage   
Tramroads in the ClydachJohn van Laun
 The Port of Bristol Underfall Yard WorkshopsTom Fisher & David Jones & Roy Day   
 The Granite Quarries & Mineral Mines of LundyC Schmitz   
journal_no 11EditorialCoverpublish_date1978 
 The Stone Industry at BathPhillip Wooster   
 Charfield StationWill Harris   
 Fullers Earth from MidfordJohn Powell   
 Pumping Bristol’s Water – Part 1Peter Skinner   
 The First Railway Locomotive in the West of EnglandRobin Bluhm   
 The Mills of the Bristol FromeOwen Ward   
journal_no 12EditorialCoverpublish_date1979 
 Pumping Bristol’s Water – Part 2 ChelveyPeter Skinner   
 The Elton CollectionMA Elton   
 The Hydraulic System in Bristol City DocksTom Fisher & John Powell   
 The introduction of the Telephone System to BristolMonty Ellis   
 The Iron Industry in Wiltshire 1856-1939Roy Day   
 Victoria Bridge, BathD Hague   
journal_no 13EditorialCoverpublish_date1980 
 Charfield Block, Tile and Brick WorksOwen Ward & Will Harris   
 Cog Mill on the River FromeHB Hopkins   
 Ferro-ConcreteRoy Day   
 Tar Distillation at Crew’s HoleR. Holland   
 The Limekilns of ClevedonG Yeates   
 The Victorian Building IndustryC Powell   
 Winwoods of Bristol – Part 1 – 1767 – 1788H Torrens   
journal_no 14EditorialCoverpublish_date1981 
 Bristol Life-boat MuseumG Barnfield   
 Bristol’s Small ShopsDavid Helps   
 Frampton Cotterell MillH Hopkins   
 John Ward and the Kennet and Avon Canal – Part 1M Corfield   
 Steam Power in BristolG Watkins   
 The Avon and Gloucestershire RailwayC Clinker   
 Times of the SignsRoy Day   
journal_no 15EditorialCoverpublish_date1982 
 19th Century Textile Invention in the West of EnglandK Ponting   
 Bath Stone Quarry Railways 1795-1830D Pollard   
 Hollybrook BricksS Pippard   
 John Ward and the Kennet and Avon Canal – Part 2M Corfield   
 Joseph Harris in Bristol, 1748P Wakelin & Joan Day   
 Trades & Working Conditions in Bristol, 1865J. Betty   
journal_no 16EditorialCoverpublish_date1983 
 Alkali Production at the NethamR Holland   
 Ballooning at Bath:Some Notable AscentsHM Wills   
 Early Days of Electricity in the South WestP Lamb   
 Bristol’s Other Iron Ship:Steam Tug “Mayflower”Andy King   
 New Dock at PillJohn Rich   
 Whitfield Example Farm – a Victorian ModelC Miller   
journal_no 17EditorialCoverpublish_date 1984
 Bristol GlassmakersC Weeden   
 Brunel Lock and the Feeder CutJ Powell   
 Limekilns in AvonEric Taylor   
 The ‘Firefly’ ProjectJ Mosse   
 The Lovely Ketch ‘Irene’P Stuckey   
 The Slaughter of the French Millstone MakersOwen Ward   
journal_no 18Editorial Coverpublish_date1985
 Ashton Gate – Industrial Development of a SuburbRoy Webber   
 Limekilns on MendipEric Taylor   
 Nailsea and the Glassworks – Part 1HE Dommett   
 The Bridport Flax and Hemp IndustryM Bone   
 The Picture Palace – its Coming and GoingRoy Day   
journal_no 19EditorialCoverpublish_date1986
 A Bristol Coalbrookdale Connection – the GoldneysP Stembridge   
 The Study of Gunpowder MakingB Buchanan   
 Bathford Paper MillC Bemrose   
 Bristol and CoalbrookdaleJ Powell   
 Nailsea and the Glassworks – Part 2HE Dommett   
 The Early History of the Telephone in BathMonty Ellis   
journal_no 20EditorialCoverpublish_date1987
 Nailsea and the Glassworks – Part 3HE Dommett   
 The Somerset Coal Canal – a Cartographical SurveyM Chapman   
 The Somerset Coal CombinationR Stiles   
 Tucking Mill, BathJ Broome   
journal_no 21EditorialCoverpublish_date1988
 A Report on Church Farm Colliery, Mangotsfield 1875A P Woolrich   
 Digging Bath StoneDavid Pollard   
 Industrial Archaeology and the Avon Ring RoadJohn Cornwell   
 Three Regional Styles of LimekilnEric Taylor   
 Waggons of the A and G DramwayKeith Thomas   
journal_no 22Editorial Coverpublish_date1989
 Discoveries in Poplar Road (Avon and Gloucestershire Tramroad)Keith Thomas   
 Fertilisers, Farming and Philanthropy – the Proctor StoryRay Holland   
 Malting in MarshfieldRon Fulligar   
 Mills of the Upper ChewMartin Bodman   
journal_no 23EditorialCoverpublish_date1990
 Excavation and Conservation of the Golden Valley Colliery, BittonJohn Cornwell   
 Rogers and Co. Bristol BoilermakersRobin Stiles   
journal_no 24EditorialCoverpublish_date1991
 Bristol IA References from Old Local NewspapersMartin Bodman   
 Romano-British Industry at Stonehill, Hanham, BristolRobin Stiles, John Cornwell & Eric Taylor   
journal_no 25Editorial Coverpublish_date1992
 Archives and Museums Developments in Bristol, Bath and RadstockMike Bone   
 BIAS: Successes and Failures over Twenty-five YearsAngus Buchanan   
 Brickmakers of Avon Quarry and Checkweigher ReturnsE Hammersley   
 Hop House A Victorian Water Supply SystemRon Fullagar   
 Mills at Stapleton from Newspaper SourcesMartin Bodman   
 Millstones at Willsbridge MillOwen Ward   
 Not Just the Great Britain Hulks and Wrecks of the FalklandsAnthony Burton   
 Priston ‘Coal Adventure’ 1792-94Mike Chapman   
Royal Commissioner par excellence A personal appreciation
of Angus Buchanan’s term as a RCHME Commissioner
Keith Falconer   
 The ‘Snuff Mill’ at StapletonJohn Bartlett   
 The Somerset Coal Combination A Further NoteRobin Bluhm   
 The View of Dulcote A Changing SceneJames Fussell   
 Woollard Tannery and the Bergne FamilyMartin Bodman   
journal_no 26 Coverpublish_date1993
 100 Years of Public Electricity Supply in BristolPeter Lamb   
 A Horizontal Steam Engine in the Centre of BathRobert Bell   
 A Postscript to the Priston ‘Coal Adventure’Mike Chapman   
 A View of the “Jolly Sailor” at Saltford Weir and Lock, near BristolBrenda Buchanan   
 Early Lighting for the Amateur Stage in BristolPeter Lamb   
 Limpley Stoke MillKate Werran   
 Marconi and Weston-super-Mare : a critical examination of the legend that Marconi once stayed in the townMonty Ellis   
 Mills along the Congresbury Yeo and its TributariesMartin Bodman   
 Notes on the Site of Canons Marsh Gasworks BristolHarold Nabb   
Winford Ochre and OxidePeter Addison
journal_no 27EditorialCoverpublish_date1994
 A Short History of the RN Coate Cider Works, Nailsea 1925-1974Trevor Bowen   
 Canons Marsh Goods ShedRoy Day   
 Enterprise in Precision Engineering: The Early Years of the Horstmann Family of BathStuart Burroughs   
 Mills on the Winford BrookMartin Bodman   
 Restoration of Cleveland Bridge in Bath: Work Undertaken by Dorothea Restorations LtdGeoff Wallis & A Wilkinson   
 Servicing the Houses of Bath 1714-1830; Water SupplyAlan Hardiman   
 The BD1, The Most Perfect [Dredger] by Far in the WorldNicholas von Behr   
 The Bristol Floating HarbourAngus Buchanan   
journal_no 28EditorialCoverpublish_date1995
 Boulton & Watt Steam Engines in Bristol and BathMike Bone   
 Bristol and the Optical TelegraphMonty Ellis   
 Excavations on the Site of an Aerated Water Manufactory at the Empire Hotel, BathMarek Lewcom   
 The Chimney in Milk Street, BathMike Chapman   
 The Footwear Industry in the South-West of EnglandPeter R Mounfield   
 The Nailsea Coalfield – Phase 1Harry C Dommett   
 The Restoration of Saltford Brass MillJessica Laurence   
journal_no 29 Coverpublish_date1996 
 Ballooning in the Bristol Region: 1784 – 1786: the Opening Chapter in the History of Local Manned FlightJohn Penny   
 Bristol and the Optical Telegraph: Further DetailsRobin Stiles   
 Bristol’s Arc Lighting: A Technical NoteCedric Blackett   
 Electric Arc Lamps in BristolPeter Lamb   
 Fertilisers, Farming and Philanthropy: An UpdateRaymond Holland   
 Mills on the Cam and Midford BrooksMartin Bodman   
 Rolls-Royce West WorksSteph Gillett   
 Servicing the Houses of Bath 1714 – 1830; Sewage and Rainwater DisposalAlan Hardiman   
 Winwood & Co, BristolOwen Ward   
journal_no 30 Coverpublish_date1997 
 A Trial Excavation of the Suspected Site of the Caisson Lock, Combe Hay, 1997Mike Chapman   
 Avonside Ironworks, BristolJohn Cattell   
 Bristol’s Ruby On TrialDavid K Brown   
 Frenchay Iron Company, 1776-1780Owen Ward   
 Mechanical Enterprise in Eighteenth-Century BathTrevor Fawcett   
 Stothert’s Foundry, Southgate Street, BathMike Chapman & Elizabeth Holland   
 Under His Own Sheets: The Lysaght StoryRaymond Holland   
journal_no 31EditorialCoverpublish_date1998
 Charles Nash (1819-1901) and the Port of BristolMartin Bryan-Brown   
 Congesbury’s Mills and the Iron IndustryGillian Bedingfield   
 Emergency Recording of the Malthouse at Clearbrook Farm, Midford HillSheila Ely   
 Graffin Prankard: An Eighteenth-Century Bristol Merchant and the Baltic TradeJH Bettey   
 John Mosse (1922-1998)Angus Buchanan   
 The Early Years of the Nailsea GlassworksHarry E Dommett   
 The Firefly Project: An UpdateKen Gibbs   
 The Ochre Mines and Works at Wick, South GloucestershireRBJ Smith & MJ Breakspear   
journal_no 32 Notes on New ContributorsCoverpublish_date 1999
Servicing the Houses of Bath 1714-1830 : Ice, Coal and Fuel for LightingAlan Hardiman
Mystery “Aqueduct”Mike Chapman
Revelations at Great ElmJames Fussell
Excavations at the Site of the former Limekiln Dock, Hotwells Road, Harbourside, BristolSimon Cox and others
New Evidence of Mineral Tramways on the Route of the Pucklechurch to Seabank PipelineBridget McGill
journal_no 33Notes on New ContributorsCoverpublish_date2000
The Managers House of the Shortwood Brick and Tile WorksMike Jenner
The Cromhall CollieriesDavid Hardwick
Canal Lifts Combe Hay to FalkirkTerry Paget
The Canon’s Marsh Gas Works
Richard Croft
journal_no 34Recent Site IA InvestigationsCoverpublish_date2001
Oil Gas Manufacture and the Bristol & Clifton Oil Gas CompanyRichard Croft
Ralph Allen’s Quarries and the Turnpiking of the Southern Link Road from Entry Hill to the top of ‘Muncton’ (later Brassknocker) HillBrenda Buchanan
Bristol SnuffMartin Bodman
The Cromhall Collieries – Supplemental InformationDavid Hardwick
The Great Western Cotton FactoryAngus Buchanan and George Watkins
Kingswood Coal – Part 4David Hardwick
The Massingham Family in the Bristol AreaPeter Lamb
journal_no 35
Coverpublish_date2002