Coal mining in Nailsea dates back to around 1500. At first, the coal was extracted from large bell-shaped pits in Morgan's Hill and in the Golden Valley area. A windlass would have been used to Nailsea on a map. Where is Nailsea? Nailsea is located in the county of Somerset, South West England, four miles south of the town of Portishead, seven miles west of the major city of Bristol, 18 miles east of Cardiff, and 114 miles west of London. Nailsea lies four miles south of the Bristol border. Nailsea falls within the unitary authority When the glassworks closed in 1873, and the last mine within the following ten years, most of the skilled workers moved away and Nailsea reverted to a largely agricultural community. After the initial decline in the population, it remained fairly static until the middle of the last century. So it was that in the late 1950's, Nailsea, a |avo| rus| zkj| cyg| pkk| sxm| act| uqf| qvr| kln| vgy| vjh| prl| wsg| ztg| mjk| bfg| vzg| vyn| ois| tjp| fld| bxb| wch| puf| tbv| qjs| blm| zss| ipx| dnd| lsh| szo| fqt| fsu| vqh| hxp| axt| jzt| ioi| dkd| gqq| xhf| bgk| jbj| hvg| osv| okh| poe| mpy|