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LINCOLNSHIRE NATURALISTS AT 



MARKET RASEN. 



Rev. E. ADRIAN WOODRUFFE-PEACOCK, L.Th., F.L.S., F.G.S., 



Cadney 



Curator of the Lincolnshire County Herbarium. 



In lovely weather the eighth field meeting of the Lincolnshire 

 Union was held on the 23rd of August, at Market Rasen, North 

 Lincolnshire, in the centre of Natural History Division 7. Most of 

 the best workers of the society had returned from their summer 

 holidays, and a large company mustered at the advertised time. 

 Amongst those present were Messrs. F. M. Burton, of Gainsborough 

 (President of the Union) ; F. Arnold Lees, of Leeds ; G. H. Caton 

 Haigh, of Grainsby ; J. J. Young, of Claxby ; J. J. Baldwin Young, of 

 Sheffield ; W. Lewington, of Market Rasen ; the Revs. W. Fowler, of 

 Liversedge ; G. H. Raynor, of Panton ; W. W. Mason, of Bootle, late 

 of Leverton, Boston ; C. Wilkinson, of Loft-Newston ; H. E. Von 

 Sturmer, of Scotton. The .Louth Antiquarian and Naturalists' 

 Society was well represented by Messrs. B. Crow, J. Larder, 

 T. Gelsthorpe, S. F. Clarke, R. W. Goulding, and Mr. and Mrs. 

 S. Gresswell. The locality chosen for investigation is situated in 

 the parishes of Tealby, North Willingham, Linwood, and Rasen 

 a neighbourhood rich in interest in every department of inquiry, and 

 one that has repaid and will repay the zealous and industrious 

 student. The following is a summary of the reports received from 



sectional secretaries and active workers. 



Mr. F. M. Burton, F.L.S., F.G.S., writes :— Market Rasen stands on 

 the Kimmeridge Clay; but, as all the land round is covered with the 

 Boulder Clay and Blown Sand, very little of this bed can be seen. 

 There are but few localities in the neighbourhood where it can 

 be got at; Hamilton Hill, a conspicuous rounded mass on the 

 east, and a few other places, being the only outcrops. The Oxford 

 Clay comes in at West and Middle Rasen ; and, at Tealby, about 

 four miles off on the east, the Neocomian series is well represented; 

 the Spilsby Sandstone lying at the base, followed by the Tealby Clay 

 and Tealby Limestone, and, beyond them, the Carstone, till the 



chalk is reached. 



'In passing over Linwood Warren ' Mr. Burton says, he ' picked 

 up several bits of Roman pottery, which had been cast up by rabbits 

 in digging their burrows. This is worth while investigating, for either 



Jan. 1S96. 



