Miners and Mariners of the Severn Gorge

This new book uses often remarkable probate inventories to explore the ways of life of the people who lived in the area between the 1600s and the 1760s ... coal miners, barge owners, ropemakers, tobacco pipe makers and shopkeepers.

“ ... a fascinating picture of the lives and living conditions of the boatmen and coal-getters ... a book of immense interest to the keen social historian.” Best of British Magazine