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XX VII.— The Forest of Wyre and the Titterstone Clee Hill Coal Fields. 



Introduction. By Dr R. Kidston, F.R.S. 



Part I : The Geology of the Forest of Wyre Coal Field. By T. C. Cantrill, B.Sc., 



F.G.S.— The Fossil Plants of the Forest of Wyre Coal Field. By Dr R. 



Kidston. 

 Part II : The Geology of the Titterstone Clee Hill Coal Field. By E. E. L. Dixon, 



B.Sc., F.G.S.— The Fossil Plants of the Titterstone Clee Hill Coal Field. By 



Dr R. Kidston. 

 With an Appendix on The Fossil Plants collected from the Core of the Claverley 



Trial Boring. By Dr R. Kidston. 



(With Five Plates and Six Text-figures.) 



(Read June 28, 1915. MS. received January 24, 1916. Issued separately March 9, 1917.) 



INTRODUCTION. 



The investigations recorded in this communication were begun some years ago, 

 and arose chiefly as the result of two papers published on the Geology of the Forest 

 of Wyre by Mr T. C. Cantrill, B.Sc* 



In the latter paper Mr Cantrill, after carefully summarising all the available data 

 respecting the age of the so-called "Permian" of the Forest of Wyre ( = Enville), 

 arrives at the following conclusions : — 



I. That these " Permian " rocks are of the same age as those at Hamstead in 

 South Staffordshire. 



II. That the Hamstead red rocks were shown by their flora to be Upper Coal 

 Measures. 



He therefore concludes that " the evidence of the fossil flora and the Spirorbis- 

 limestones and coal-seams in South Staffordshire, together with that of the 

 »S/nVor&ts-limestoiie and coals in the Wyre Forest district, leads us to regard 

 the associated red rocks as Upper Coal Measures. . . ." t 



In his paper entitled " A Contribution to the Geology of the Wyre Forest Coal- 

 field, etc.," he further says on p. 16: "The Wyre Forest Coalfield contains two 

 sets of Coal Measures — 



" A younger [grey] group, probably of Upper Coal Measure age. 



" An older [grey] group, probably of Middle Coal Measure age." 



* "A Contribution to the Geology of the Wyre Forest Coalfield, and of the Surrounding District," 8vo, Kidder- 

 minster, 1895 ; "On the Occurrence of S/nVorfo's-Limestone and Thin Coals in the so-called Permian Rocks of Wyre 

 Forest ; with Considerations as to the Systematic Position of the ' Permians ' of Salopian Type," Quart. Journ. Geo!, 

 Soc, vol. li, p. 528, 1895. 



t Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, vol. li, p. 547. 



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