MIDLAND UNION : TAMWORTH MEETING. 97 
MIDLAND UNION OF NATUKAL HISTORY 
SOCIETIES. 
The Annual Meeting of the Union for the year 1883 will be held at 
Tamworth on Tuesday and Wednesday, June 12th and 13th, under 
the presidency of Mr. Egbert de Hamel. The local arrangements, 
under the direction of the Tamworth Natural History, Geological, and 
Antiquarian Society, are already well advanced. On the first day the 
Council Meeting will he held at 12, and the Annual Meeting at 3, in the 
banqueting hall of Marmion’s Castle (by kind permission of T. Cooke, 
Esq.). For visitors who are not members of the Council, arrangements 
will be made to conduct a party over the antiquarian remains in whicli 
Tamworth is so rich, including the Earthworks surrounding the old town, 
the Church, the Moat House, and the Castle. Various manufactories 
may also be inspected, including Messrs. Hamel’s Tape Mills, the Pottery 
Works, etc., while, if the weather is fine, a botanical excursion in boats 
on the Eiver Anker will doubtless prove a most attractive feature. 
In the evening a Conversazione will be held in the Town Hall. 
On the second day of the meeting, Wednesday, June 13th, excursions 
will be made to Hartshill and to Lichfield. The Hartshill excursion 
will follow the old Koman road, called Watling Street, in a south¬ 
easterly direction, examining en route Polesworth Nunnery, Merivale 
Abbey, Oldbury Fort, the tumuli, Castle, and quarries of Hartshill, 
Mancetter Church, and home by Atherstone; the newly-discovered 
Cambrian rocks, which form the Hartshill ridge, will be studied, and 
the line of country taken is specially favourable to geological and 
antiquarian inquiries. 
The Lichfield Excursion will proceed by Drayton Manor (Sir Kobert 
Peel’s seat), along Watling Street, in a north-westerly direction 
(examining Hint’s Tumulus and Off Low); thence to the Roman station 
of Etocetum, and on to Lichfield, where the Cathedral will be visited, 
and also Dr. Johnson’s statue and house. The return journey will be 
by Borrow Cop Hill, Whittington Heath, Hopwas Wood (through 
which the party will walk), and so home. This Excursion will be 
rich in botanical and antiquarian attractions. 
Tamworth will be reached in the evening by each party before 
7 p.m., so as to catch the various trains. 
Considering that the Midland Union may be said to have had its 
inception at Tamworth, in 1876, and knowing also the energy of the 
members of the Tamworth Natural History Society, we confidently 
look forward to a numerously-attended and very successful meeting. 
Change of Address. —Hon. Secretaries and Members of the Midland 
Union generally are requested kindly to note the new address of the 
GenerpJ Hon. Sec.:— 
Mr. W. Jerome Harrison, 
365, Lodge Road, Birmingham. 
