Timsbury has a long and varied history dating from occupation in the Bronze Age. These pages will help you to find out more about the village’s history, use sources such as the census, directories and maps to carry out your own research and locate further information and sources on-line or in libraries/record offices.
Further information, objects and photos about Timsbury and the area is held by:
- Somerset Coalfield Life at Radstock Museum
- Bath Record Office
- Somerset Archives and Local Studies Collections
View further information on Timsbury’s history below.
- Timsbury’s Coal Mines
- Geology and coal mining in Timsbury
- Upper Conygre Pit
- Upper Conygre Pit Time Sheets
- When Upper Conygre was Pasture
- Hayeswood Pit Disaster 1845
- Conygre Pit Disaster 1895
- A Colliery Worker’s Life in Timsbury 1839 – 1927
- Somersetshire Coal Canal
- The Collins Family and Radford Mill
- William Smith: Geologist & the Somersetshire Coal Canal
- Aspects of the history of Parish’s House
- A history of the Timsbury Horse Show
- Aspects of the history of Greenhill House
- Aspects of the history of Pitfour House
- Aspects of the history of Hillside House (Rosewood Manor)
- When Upper Conygre was pasture
- A short history of the Timsbury Branch of The Royal British Legion
- The Conygre Hall
- Look This Was Timsbury by James Shaw
- The Sambornes of Timsbury
- School Projects on Timsbury by Gillian Payne and Edwina Rogers
- The History of Tabor Free Methodist Church 1861-2000 by Wilf Bridges
- Timsbury Methodist Church – A Short History by Ted Hudson
- History of Timsbury Parish Council
- Scenes from village life 1994-1995
- Timsbury in Wartime 1
- Timsbury in Wartime 2
- Greenhill House 1
- Greenhill House 2
- Music in Timsbury
- The Post Office
- Bloomfield 1
- Bloomfield 2
- Schooldays 1
- Schooldays 2
- Schooldays 3
- Schooldays 4
- Coal Mining 1
- Coal Mining 2
- Farming
- Spring in the 1930’s
- Summer in the 1930’s
- Autumn in the 1930’s
- Winter in the 1930’s
- Home Life
- Footpaths
- Radford Mill Farm Memories
- Timsbury Primary School 1948-58
- Howard Newth Memories
- Amesbury & Timsbury 1922 – 2016