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TitleMurchison fieldbooks & diaries: Scotland and Southern England
DateSep 1850-Apr 1851
LevelItem
Extent1 volume
FormatDocument
DescriptionRoderick Impey Murchison, fieldbooks & diaries: Scotland and Southern England, September 1850-April 1851.
"1850 - Scotland, Girvan; 1851: Brighton, Coagular Flints"
Girvan [Strathclyde] - Newton Stewart [Dumfries & Galloway]. Knockdolian [Strathclyde], Ballantrae (p4), Bennane Core (p5), Kennedy's Pass (p9), Ardwell, Ardmillan (p10);
12 Sep: Girvan. "Notes from Nicol" (pp14-15) Ballantrae Old Castle (p20) Glenapp Lodge, Finnart (p21);
13 Sep: Glenluce [Dumfries & Galloway] (p25) Glenluce-Newton Stewart (p26). To New Galloway (p28) Bridge of Dee (p29) New Galloway (p30). Balmae [nr Kirkcudbright] (p33) Mr Harkness (p36) Dumfries (p40). To Moffat (p44) Mr Harkness's fossils (p52);
19 Sep: Moffat - Craigieburn (section) (pp54-55) Lockerbie (p56);
19 Sep: "Coats Hill Quarry" Moffat (p60) [Lochwood?] Castle (p62), Beattock (p66), Lochmaben (p69), Dumfries (70), Carlisle [Cumberland] (p73);
20 Sep: Carlisle-Newcastle [Tyne & Wear] (p74);
20-25 Sep: Castle Raby [County Durham] (p75);
25-27 Sep: [Newton House?] nr Bedale, North Yorkshire (p76);
27 Sep: To Worsley Hall, Manchester, house of the Earl of Ellesmere (p78);
30 Sep: Manchester (p79); Oct 1851: Brighton [East Sussex] (p85) wells at Brighton (p93);
29 Dec: Walberton [West Sussex] (p100) section Slindou-Walberton (p101);
7 Apr 1851: memoranda from Dr Gideon Mantell (p103) Fossil sketches and notes (pp111-120), Chilworth [Surrey] (p124), Wonersh (p127);
21 Apr: Albury (p129), Gomshall (p130). Horsham [West Sussex], West Grinstead (p135). Castle Douglas [Dumfries & Galloway], Moffat (p138), Kennedy's Pass (p139). Notes on foreign geology - "Abich" (pp140-149);
23 Apr 1851: Lewes [East Sussex] (p150), Glynde, Berwick, Eastbourne (p151), Eastbourne (p153). Barcombe (p157) Lewes (p158), Seaford (p161);
25 Apr: Brighton-Reigate [Surrey] (p163) Reigate (p166) Reigate-Folkstone [Kent] and Dover (p167). Horsham [East Sussex] (p169) Mr Harkness (p170), Hastings (p173). Folkestone [Kent] - section (p174) Rye [East Sussex] (p176).
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LanguageEnglish
ArchNoteDescription by John Thackray
CreatorNameMURCHISON | Sir | Roderick Impey | 1792-1871 | Baronet | geologist and geographer
Previous referenceLDGSL 839/N120
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/2MURCHISON; Sir; Roderick Impey (1792-1871); Baronet; geologist and geographer1792-1871
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