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Revision as of 14:06, 10 August 2022
London
| 1836 |
Craig's Court, London (a cul–de–sac on the south side of Whitehall, about 100 yards from Trafalgar Square)
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| 1841 |
Craig's Court Museum was opened to the public in 1841 with Richard Phillips as Curator.
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| 1845 |
Office based in Museum of Economic Geology
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| 1851 |
12 May 1851 – Opening of The Museum of Practical Geology in Jermyn Street with frontage also on Piccadilly.
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| 1872 |
Departments of Chemistry, Physics and Natural History, Royal School of Mines moved to South Kensington
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| 1880 |
Geology, Royal School of Mines, moved to South Kensington
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| 1934 |
Exhibition Road. New Museum of Practical Geology, later known as the Geological Museum, Exhibition Road
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| 1956-1971 |
Young Street, Kensington. A disused Post Office was rented in 1956 to house the Atomic Energy
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| 1966 |
64 Gray's Inn Road London. WC1X 8NG Geochemical Division from Young Street moved there over the period 1968–71
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| 1967–1981 |
5 Princes Gate. Housed the London–based field units, the Drawing Office, the Geophysics Unit and, for a time, the Overseas Division.
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| 1969 |
Gorst Road. Stores/workshops. Gorst Road was acquired because the development of the Engineering Geology Unit had forced the evacuation of 'The Tank' in 1969 to make way for laboratories.
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Bashley Road Acton. Stores/workshops
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| 1970–1976 |
199 Knightsbridge. Mineral Assessment Unit, which had started in Princes Gate but had rapidly outgrown available space there, was installed in a conventional office block at 199 Knightsbridge, opposite the Cavalry Barracks. 1976 moved to Keyworth
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| 1973 |
154 Clerkenwell Road, London EC1R 5DU. Geochemical Division had outgrown the Grays Inn Road building and had expanded into a converted warehouse at 154 Clerkenwell Road, where it was joined by the Overseas Division in 1974.
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| 1985 |
Geological Museum passes to the Natural History Museum
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Keyworth
| 1976– |
First occupancy of the Keyworth site
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Edinburgh
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Industrial Museum Scotland — later renamed the Museum of Science and Art — in Edinburgh Temporary store for maps and specimens.
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| 1867–1869 |
Argyle Square. In 1867.the Geological Survey in Scotland was given a separate identity and a headquarters was established in the Museum, in Argyle Square.
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| 1869–1879 |
The Survey moved to No. 1 India Buildings, Victoria Street where it remained until 1879 when it moved to the Sheriff Court Building across the road.
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| 1879–1906, 1921–1928 |
Moved to the Sheriff Court Buildings (across the road from the India Buildings).
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| 1906–1928 |
33 George Square – some staff moved back to Sheriff's Court in the 1921–1928.
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| 1928–???? |
"Southpark" 19 Grange Terrace, Edinburgh EH9 3LF.
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| 1967–1975 |
5 South Oswald Road – Geomagnetism Unit and the Global Seismology Unit.
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| 1969–1976 |
Government Training Centre Granton – Continental Shelf Unit.
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| ????–1977 |
Buccleuch Place, University of Edinburgh BGS Computer Unit.
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Peffermill Road, Loanhead. Offshore engineering and overflow of Library collection.
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| 1973–1975 |
13 Braefoot Terrace and later overflow accommodation at 9 South St David's Street – Marine Geophysics Unit.
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| 1976 |
Murchison House, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3LA.
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Eskdalemuir Observatory, Langholm DG13 0QW.
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The Lyell Centre Research Avenue South Edinburgh EH14 4AP.
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Newcastle upon Tyne
| 1921–1959 |
33 Eskdale Terrace Newcastle–upon–Tyne. Housed in a terraced house at 33 Eskdale Terrace, close to the University. Closed 1959.
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| 1981–???? |
Newcastle–upon–Tyne Windsor Court, Windsor Terrace, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE2 4HE
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Aberystwyth
| 1981–1994 |
Aberystwyth Bryn Eithyn Hall, Llanfarian, Aberystwyth, Dyfed. SY23 4BY
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Whitehaven
York
| 1929–1938 |
York " rooms over the 'Labour Exchange' at 14A Parliament Street and moving in 1935 to St Marys, a terrace house where one of the staff, Edwards, inhabited the old basement kitchen."
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Manchester
| 1921–1959 |
Manchester Had three locations: 21 Albion Street, Gaythorne, over the Customs and Excise Office, it moved first to 250 Oxford Road and finally to 102 High Street.
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Exeter
| 1968 |
Exeter St. Just, First in a building owned by the University at Hoopern House. Housed the Southwestern Field Unit
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| 1979 |
Exeter Office moved to 30 Pennsylvania Road, Exeter EX4 6BX
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Leeds
| 1959–1984 |
Leeds, Halton. Closed June 1984. To be a central 'regional' office to house the three field units then covering the north of England and a nucleus of palaeontological, petrological and photographic staff to service them.
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Leeds Kippax Store
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Cardiff
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Cardiff Columbus House, Greemeadow Springs, Tongwynlais Cardiff CF15 7NE
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| 2016 |
Cardiff. School of Earth and Environmental Sciences in Cardiff University’s Main Building
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Wallingford
???? Wallingford Maclean Building Crowmarsh Gifford Wallingford Oxfordshire OX10 8BB
Eskdalemuir
Hartland
Lerwick
Ireland