Further Reading

 

Visit to Peters Marland

‘The Ball Clays of Devon and Dorset’, an introduction by the Ball Clay Heritage Society (2003 Cornish Hillside Publications ISBN 1 900147 300). Copies available through the Ball Clay Heritage Society

‘North Devon Clay: the History of an Industry and its Railways’ by M.J. Messenger (2007 Twelveheads Press, Truro ISBN 978 0 906294 65 9)

‘The Potters’ Field: a History of the South Devon Ball Clay Industry’ by L.T.C. Rolt (1974 David & Charles, Newton Abbot ISBN 0 7153 6504 5). Copies available through the Ball Clay Heritage Society.

‘The Clay Mines of Dorset 1760-1960’ by Pike Bros, Fayle & Co Ltd (1960 Harley Publishing Co. Ltd, London)

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‘Fayle’s Tramways, Clay Mining in Purbeck: Two Hundred Years, Six Different Gauges’ by Chris Legg (2014 Twelveheads Press, Truro ISBN 978 0 906294 79 6

‘The Furzebrook Railway of Pike Brothers’ Dorset Clay Works’ by Chris Legg (2016 Twelveheads Press, Truro ISBN 978 0 906294 89 5

‘Ball Clay’: Mineral Dossier No. 11, (1975 British Geological Survey, Keyworth. ISBN 0 1151 0835 1).

‘The Beginnings of the Devonshire Ball-Clay Trade’ by J.A. Bulley (1955 The Transactions of the Devonshire Association, Vol. lxxxvii, pp 191-204).

 

The Ball Clay Heritage Society has produced a fuller bibliography – click here for details.