Home to the notorious Kingswood Miners and infamous Cock Road Gang this is what Kingswood, North of Bristol, looked like in 1610. ‘London Waye’ is now the A420 and Bath Waye is the A431.

A full version of The History of The Parish of Bitton in the County of Glousceter. by Rev. H. T. Ellacombe can be found on Archive.org.
Steve Bush
Very interesting, my Ancestors were Miners in and around Bitton and Siston, I’d be very interested to know more about Mining in the area.