SIR RALPH PAYNE-GALLWEY, Bart., M.B.O.U., Thirkleby Park, Thirsk. 



^ecretams : 



Wm. Denison Roebuck, F.L.S., Sunny Bank, Leeds. 

 Wm. Eagle Clarke, F.L.S., i8, Claremont Road, Headingley, Leeds. 



THE SEVENTIETH MEETING 



WILL BE HELD AT 



HATFIELD, 



FOR • 



HATFIELD GHAOE, 



On Wednesday, September 21st, 1887. 



Railway Arrangements. 



The nearest stations are Stainforth for Hatfield (M.S.&L.), Thome (M.S. &L.), 

 and Thorne (N.E.R.). 



Through return tickets at pleasure party fares will be issued at all Yorkshire 

 stations on the G. N., H. & B., L. & Y., L. & N. W., M. S. & L., Mid., and N. E. 

 Railways, which have booking arrangements lor Stainforth and Thorne, to 

 Members and Associates of the Y.N.U. producing their signed card of Membership. 



Members and Associates starting flom stations which have not through book- 

 ing arrangements, should book to the most convenient junction, and re-bookto their 

 destination ; the reduction of fare will be granted for both portions of the journey. 



Routes. 



Permission has been granted by Mr. C. Wright, the Hon. Mrs. 

 Meynell Ingram, and Mr. A. I. Wells, for members to visit their estates. 



Members will assemble at Hatfield village at 10-15 a-"'-) and 

 thence proceed to various parts of the Chace under the guidance of 

 Mr, T. J. Hasselby, Mr. J. M. Kirk, and other gentlemen. 



Books and Maps, 



The greater part of the district is in Sheet 87 S.E., but a small 

 portion (round Lindholme) is in Sheet 86. 



The District 



For investigation consists of the low-lying country which extends East 

 and South-East from Hatfield Woodhouse as far as the Lincolnshire 

 boundaries, and includes what remains unreclaimed of the far-famed 

 Level of Hatfield Chace, 



Physical Geography. 



The physical history of Hatfield Chace is that of Goole Moor. 

 At one time all this level from Cantley to Goole was a shallow sandy- 

 bottomed lake, later a sandy-soiled forest of Pinus and Birch (and 



