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Excursion to Northampton
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EXCU RSION To WE ST SU RREY.
EXCU RSIO N TO NORT HAMPTON. SATURDAY, MAY 1 6 T H, TO TUESDAY, M AY 1 9 TH , 18 91.
D irectors :
B E E BY TH OM PSOX,
D. (The
R~port
F. e S., F.G.S ., AN D WALTE R
CR IC K.
0/ this Excursion is diferred .)
EXCURSION T O WEST SURREY. S AT U RDAY, MAY 30TH, 1891.
Director:
W. H . H UDLESTON,
M.A., F.R.S.,
F .G.S ., & c.
The morn ing b roke unfavourabl y, so that only a limited numb er of th e Mem bers appea red at Vi rginia Wat er station, where th e rendezvous had been fixed for twelve noon . T ile afternoon was fine, and, as the atm osphere had been clea red by th e rain, the conditions were unu sually favourable for an excu rsion in this picturesq ue distr ict. The part y proceeded to exami ne the cutting in th e Lower Bagshots close to th e sta tion, whe re the co ndi tio ns are sa ndy and present no especial feat ures, beyond some small an d irregular pe bble-beds, which a re not usual in the Lo wer Bagshots of West Surrey. The boring at th e H olloway Asylum, close to the station, shows th e following seq ue nce :Bagshot Sa nds an d Passage beds . . . London Ctay . Re adin g Beds, &c. T otal abov e th e Chalk
Ft.
Il O
.
32 9 86
. 525
The hill on which this great bu ild ing is situat ed, forms par t of th e high ground th at flank s the T hame s Valley flats on the borders of Surr ey and Berk shire. The roots of all th ese hills, as they spring som ewhat ab rup tly out of the plain , consist of London Clay. The north end of the cutting was visited with the hop e that some indication s of th e so-called Passage Bed s might be seen. But, though th e lin e where argillaceous strata are succeeded b y arenaceous may be fairly trace d on the hill-side as a natural feature, in the cuttin g itself th e junction is grasse d over and obscured. The Dire ctor, whilst indi cati ng the chief objects of th e Exc ursion, admitte d th at, in some respects, the geo logy of the district was not par ticularly interest ing, save to th e limited number who
EXCU RSION To WE ST SU RREY.
EXCU RSIO N TO NORT HAMPTON. SATURDAY, MAY 1 6 T H, TO TUESDAY, M AY 1 9 TH , 18 91.
D irectors :
B E E BY TH OM PSOX,
D. (The
R~port
F. e S., F.G.S ., AN D WALTE R
CR IC K.
0/ this Excursion is diferred .)
EXCURSION T O WEST SURREY. S AT U RDAY, MAY 30TH, 1891.
Director:
W. H . H UDLESTON,
M.A., F.R.S.,
F .G.S ., & c.
The morn ing b roke unfavourabl y, so that only a limited numb er of th e Mem bers appea red at Vi rginia Wat er station, where th e rendezvous had been fixed for twelve noon . T ile afternoon was fine, and, as the atm osphere had been clea red by th e rain, the conditions were unu sually favourable for an excu rsion in this picturesq ue distr ict. The part y proceeded to exami ne the cutting in th e Lower Bagshots close to th e sta tion, whe re the co ndi tio ns are sa ndy and present no especial feat ures, beyond some small an d irregular pe bble-beds, which a re not usual in the Lo wer Bagshots of West Surrey. The boring at th e H olloway Asylum, close to the station, shows th e following seq ue nce :Bagshot Sa nds an d Passage beds . . . London Ctay . Re adin g Beds, &c. T otal abov e th e Chalk
Ft.
Il O
.
32 9 86
. 525
The hill on which this great bu ild ing is situat ed, forms par t of th e high ground th at flank s the T hame s Valley flats on the borders of Surr ey and Berk shire. The roots of all th ese hills, as they spring som ewhat ab rup tly out of the plain , consist of London Clay. The north end of the cutting was visited with the hop e that some indication s of th e so-called Passage Bed s might be seen. But, though th e lin e where argillaceous strata are succeeded b y arenaceous may be fairly trace d on the hill-side as a natural feature, in the cuttin g itself th e junction is grasse d over and obscured. The Dire ctor, whilst indi cati ng the chief objects of th e Exc ursion, admitte d th at, in some respects, the geo logy of the district was not par ticularly interest ing, save to th e limited number who