Ref NoLDGSL/794/N1
TitlePRESTWICH field notebook: Southeast England
Date?1832-1841
Date NoteDated at the front 1836, spine label 1832-1839.
LevelItem
Extent1 volume
FormatDocument
DescriptionJoseph PRESTWICH field notebook with geological notes and ink/coloured sections for the Southeast England, but usually around the Greater London area in the earlier years, ?1832-1841. Areas include: Loam Pit Hill, Lewisham; Blackheath; Erith; Bexleyheath; Chislehurst; Croydon; Upnor; Reading; Wimbledon; Wandsworth; Ewell; Reculver; Grays; Egham; Worpledon; Guilford; Northaw; Chalfont; Maidenhead.
Administrative HistoryMarked on the front of the volume, although no longer legible, is 'Copied London ?' and it may be that Prestwich collated his earlier research into this volume, or copied some secondary sources for reference. Certainly the mss map at the front is based on William Buckland's paper, "Description of a series of Specimens from the Plastic Clay near Reading, Berks: with Observations on the Formation to which those Beds belong", TGS, vol 4 (1817), which covered the geology of Loam Pit Hill, Lewisham and Blackheath.
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LanguageEnglish
ArchNoteDescription by John Thackray
CreatorNamePRESTWICH | Sir | Joseph | 1812-1896 | geologist
Previous referenceLDGSL/794 N1
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/20PRESTWICH; Sir; Joseph (1812-1896); geologist1812-1896
Places
CodePlaceName
NA132Southeast England
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