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High Littleton history
There is evidence of settlement at High Littleton since Saxon times in the late 7th or 8th century. Each village covered an area of about 600 acres (2.4 km) The parish was part of the hundred of Chewton.
Mining and Geology
Coal mines were established in the villages by 1633 because on the Somerset coalfield the coal seams ran obliquely to the surface. The first deep mine in the parish was Mearns Coalworks which began in 1783. William Smith worked extensively in the area as a mine surveyor and as chief surveyor for Somerset Coal Canal.
Transport
Hallatrow railway station was an important station on the Bristol and North Somerset Railway. It was the junction for the branch line to Camerton, which opened in 1882. The station was also an important goods depot, receiving milk and printed materials from Purnells’ factory at Paulton.
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