^ J 



I 



< 



^ 



i. 



!} 



n,i 



l^othsbive Batuvalists^ XHnion* 



IPresiDcnt: 



R. H. TIDDEMAN, M.A., F.G.S., H.M. Geo!. Survey, Skipton 



1l3on. Secretaries: 



WM. DP:NIS0N roebuck, F.L.S., Sunny Bank, Leeds. 

 WALTER F. BAKER, F.E.S., Whitkirk, Leeds. 



The HUNDRED-and-NINTH MEETING 



WILL l^E HELD AT 



For the investigation of the neighbourhood of 



RRYBRIDG^ 



FRYSTON and BYRAM PARKS, etc., 



On SATURDAY, June 16th, 1894 



RAILWAY ARRANGEMENTS.— Through return tickets at pleasure 

 party rates will be issued at all Vork^,]iiie and Durham stations on the G.N., 

 H. & B., L. & v., L. & N.W., M.S. & L., Midland, and N.E. Railways which 

 have booking arrangements for Pontefract, to Members and Associates o( the 

 V.N.U. producing their signed card of Membership. Tickets will be available for 

 return on the following Sunday or Monday. 



IMeml^^ers and Associates starting from stations which have not through booking 

 arrangements; should book to the most convenient junction and re-book to Ponte- 

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



HOTEL ACCOMMODATION.— Members will find accommodation at 

 the Red Lion and the Elephant Hotels. 



BOOKS AND MAPS.— The district for investigation is included in 

 Sheets S; N.E. and 87 N.W. one-inch Ordnance Maps (also published geologically 

 coloured). There appears to be no special papers on this part of the country, but 

 reference may be made to George Roberts' ' Topography and liistory of Loft- 

 house.' both volumes, to Davis and Lees' 'West Yorkshire,' and to Lees' 

 ' Flora of West Yorkshire.' 



ROUTES.— Three Routes have been arranged— 

 L — To the quarries on the Byram Estate. 

 11. —To the osier beds, pools and ditches near the old church of Ferry Fryston. 

 III.— To the wooded parts of the Fryston Estate of Lord Houghton. 



All parties will leave Ferrybridge Station on the arrival of the 9-57 train from 

 Pontefract. Members arriving earlier or later may profitably occupy themselves on 

 any of these routes. 



Permission to visit tlieir estates is kindly granted by Lord Houghton and Sir 

 John Ramsden. The North Eastern Railway have also granted permissiim to the 

 IVlembers to pass along the embankment north of Ferrybridge Station. 



J 



