| Description | Roderick Impey Murchison, fieldbooks & diaries: Southern England
13 October 1825 Bristol [Avon] – 31 October 1825 Nursted [Hants] (44pp) Engraving of a steam packet on cover. 13 October: Bristol [Avon], Aust (1), Chepstow [went], Tintern Abbey [Glos] (5). 14 October: Chepstow [Gwent], Aust [Avon], Elberton (7), Thornbury (8), Tortworth (9), Iron Acton, Stapleton (13). “Reached Nursted [Hants] October 31st.” (13) “Neighbourhood of Clifton [Avon]” (14). Sections pp. 18 & 19; Millstone grit (20); Pennant grit (21); Lias quarries, Dundry Hill [Avon], Chew Magna (25-7). “Bath [Avon] to Warminster [Wilts] continued from last page”: Hinton [Avon], Norton St Philips [Som], Beckington (31), references briefly Etheldred Benett's collection (32). 17 October: Bath [Avon], Batheaston, Farley Down (33), Bradford [on Avon] [Wilts] (36), Claverton Down [Avon], Wick rocks (39). Thurs [20?] October: “Bath to Warminster [Wilts]”: Midford [Avon] (43); then back to p.31. |