Excursion to Lewisham. April 25th, 1874 - Geologists' Association excursion

From: A record of excursions made between 1860 and 1890. Edited by Thomas Vincent Holmes , F.G.S. and C. Davies Sherborn, F.G.S. London: Edward Stanford [For the Geologists’ Association], 1891. Source: Cornell University copy on the Internet Archive (Public domain work)

Figure 1 Section at Loampit Hill.

Figure 2.—Section in chalk pit near St. John's.

Director—W. Whitaker, F.R.S. (Proc. Vol. iv. pp. 114-15.)

On reaching Loampit Hill, where the Woolwich and Reading Series is well displayed, the Director gave a general description of the Series as exhibited in the Woolwich district and in the neigh. bourhood of Reading respectively, and pointed out the special features of the section. The details, taken from Whitaker "Geol. London Basin" (1872), p. 127 (Geol. London, 1889, ii., p. 154), are as follows (Figure 1).

[Another section is here given, from St. John's, near Charlton, which further illustrates the positions of the deposits in this locality. (Figure 2)]

Note: [The sections at Lewisham and Charlton have generally been visited on the same day, and may therefore be conveniently grouped together here. The first excursion to Charlton took place on August 13th, 1860, and the report of its occurrence occupies four lines in the Proceedings (vol. i. p. 64). The first visit to Loampit Hill, Lewisham, was made in 1868, during the suspension of issue of the. Proceedings, while excursions were made to Charlton in 1866 and 1869, of which no report appeared. The Loampit Hill sections were inspected on May 7th, 1870 (Proc., vol. ii., p. 33), and again on April 25th, 1874, particulars of which follow.]