ANNUAL MEETING OF MIDLAND UNION. 
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GEOLOGICAL EXCURSION. 
The party will leave Shrewsbury by the 10.35 train for Craven 
Arms Station. On their arrival they will proceed along the Corvedale 
Road, passing on their way quarries of Aymestry Limestone, to Norton 
Farm House, where a good exposure of the famous Ludlow Bone Bed 
may be seen, as well as sections of the Upper Ludlow and Downton 
Sandstone containing characteristic fossils. From Norton they will 
ascend to the edge of the Bluff, called Norton Camp, a good specimen 
of British or, in the opinion of some, of Saxon entrenchment. A fine 
and instructive view is afforded at various points of the route of the 
succession of strata up to the Carboniferous towards the East, and 
down to the Llandeilo on the West. From the Camp a descent may 
be made to Stokesay Castle, a fortified mansion of the age of Edward 
I., not far from which is a quarry replete with Lower Ludlow forms. 
The entire distance of the walk and back to the station is five miles. 
A Meat Tea will be provided at the Craven Arms Hotel, close to 
the Station, at 5 p.m. The Return Train arrives at Shrewsbury at 
7.35. The Excursion will be conducted by the Rev. *J. D. La Touche, 
President of the Union, who will point out the various objects of 
interest from time to time along the route. 
BOTANICAL EXCURSION. 
The party will drive to Colemere Village and from thence walk by 
Colemere Mere and Kettlemere to Ellesmere. If time permit they 
will also visit Whitemere. A Meat Tea will be provided at Ellesmere, 
and the party will drive back to Shrewsbury in the evening. 
ARCHEOLOGICAL EXCURSION. 
Carriages will take up the party in the Market Square at 9 30 a.m. 
The drive will be over the English Bridge, and by the Abbey Foregate, 
Lord Hill’s Column and Atcham Bridge, to Wroxeter, where a halt 
will be made for the inspection of the “ Old Wall” and other remains 
of the Ancient Roman city of Uriconium. The work of excavation 
has laid bare the foundations of walls, pillars and other remains of 
Hypocausts, tesselated pavements, &c., and some of these may still be 
seen. A large collection of objects of interest found during the work 
of excavation may be seen in the Museum of the Free Library, at 
Shrewsbury ; and in Part III., Vol. II. of the Transactions of the 
Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society is an article on 
“ Roman Shropshire,” by Mr. W. T. Watkin, in which much interesting 
information relating to Uriconium is given. The church at Wroxeter 
will be next visited. The tombs of the Newports in the interior are 
worthy of an inspection. From Wroxeter the drive will be continued, 
leaving Eaton Constantine on the left, through Leighton to Buildwas, 
where time will be given for a visit to the finely situated ruins of the 
Abbey. Hence a short drive will bring the party to Much Wenlock, 
where the ruins of the Priory, the Church, and other objects of interest 
will be visited. After a Meat Tea, at 4.30, the return drive to Shrews¬ 
bury will be by Harley and Cressage, Shrewsbury being reached about 
7 p.m. The scenery passed through in this drive is of great beauty. 
