| Description | Geological colouring, with notes on geography, coal and collieries [and their owners] by George Bellas Greenough, [1833-1840] on base 'A New Map of Leicestershire divided into hundreds', published by John Cary, 1801. Greenough no.250. Scale-1:250,000. Dissected on cloth, 52.5 x 63cm. |
| Administrative History | The sources referenced on the map include: Edward Mammatt's 'A collection of geological facts and practical observations, intended to elucidate the formation of the Ashby coal-field, in the parish of Ashby-de-la-Zouch and the neighbouring district...', London (1834); W D Conybeare's "On the alleged discovery of coal at Billesdon, Leicestershire", 'Edinburgh Philosophical Magazine, vol III (1833).
Greenough also references another map in this series (LDGSL/947/6/D/9/1).
The map is likely to have been used as part of the research for the second edition of Greenough's 'Geological Map of England and Wales' (1840). |