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August 25th, 1887. 



The fourth Field Meeting this year was held at Craven Arms, on Thursday, 

 August 25th. The party travelled by train from Barr's Court, and, upon 

 mustering at Craven Arms Railway Station, was found to be constituted of 

 the following members : — Rev. William Elliot, President ; Mr. G. H. Piper, 

 F.G.S., Vice-President ; Rev. J. D. La Touche, President of Caradoo Field 

 Club, accompanied by one of his sons ; Sir Herbert Croft, Bart. ; Revs. J. Barker, 

 F. T. Havergal, W. H. Lambert, H. B. D. Marshall, F. S. Stooke-Vaughan, 

 and F. H. Tatham ; Messrs. R. Clarke, P. C. Cleasby, C. Fortey, J. Lambe, 

 H. Southall, J. B. Pilley (Assistant Secretary), and H. C. Moore (Honorary 

 Secretary), with additional visitors, as follows : — Rev. F. M. Higgins, and 

 Rev. G. Powell, Rector of Munslow ; Messrs. Samuel Carrington, Hugh Croft, 

 A. C. Edwards, Alfred Barker, R. Ingham, and J. O'Leary. The business of 

 the day included the proposal of Mr. Robert Ingham, of How Caple Rectory, 

 aa a member of the Club ; and the resolution that a copy of the recent publication 

 of the Transactions of the Woolhope Club for the years 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 

 should be forwarded to the Bodleian Library, Oxford. — The Rev. William Elliot, 

 President, placed before the members his views upon the subject of re-publishing 

 the earlier numbers of these valuable and interesting Transactions, from the 

 establishment of the Club in 1851 to the year 18G5 inclusive, which appeared 

 practicable, if 150 names would be forthcoming as subscribing members to the 

 small amount of five shillings only for a single volume. 



The party, on alighting at the Craven Arms Railway Station, proceeded 

 at onoe to the business of the day. Taking the road which leads into Corve Dale, 

 a halt was made near the bridge which spans the River Onny, while the President 

 of the Caradoc Field Club, the Rev. J. D. La Touche, gave a short description 

 of the geology of the surrounding district, and mentioned the chief points of 

 interest which might be observed during the walk they had entered upon. His 

 observations may be condensed in the following e.\.tract from page 24 of his 

 " Handbook to the Geology of Shropshire " : — 



" One of the most instructive sections which the Geologist can explore may 

 be examined by leaving Craven Arms by the Corvedale Road. Within about 

 half-a-mile, near Halford Vicarage, he passes over an outcrop of Wenlock 

 Limestone. Further on are large quarries of Aymestry Limestone, well dis- 

 playing its thickness and characteristics. Turning to the right from the high 

 road at Grinnel's Cross, the Aymestry may again be noticed in a quarry on the 

 right-hand side. From this, the road leads to Norton farmhouse ; opposite to 



