|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The minerals industry |
|
|
|
Mineral companies |
|
|
 |
On-line
resources |
|
-
CEMEX UK Cement Ltd – offices at
Kensworth Quarry (nr Dunstable Beds) and at
Barrington Quarry (Cambs)
-
Needham Chalks Ltd – quarries at Needham
Market, Barking and Barton Mills, Suffolk;
producing agricultural lime, industrial
chalk, building lime, flint, etc.
-
Omya UK - Steeple Morden quarry (Herts)
produces whiting powder, used for food
products, paper coatings, industrial fillers
and toothpaste; website has information
about products
|
 |
Printed resources |
|
|
|
|
Top |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Museum collections
|
|
|
|
|
On-line
resources |
|
|
|
|
Bedfordshire |
|
|
-
Bedford Museum
(Castle Lane, Bedford, MK40 3XD; 01234 353323) - geological collections include
3500 specimens, especially Jurassic and Pleistocene; Includes Geological Site Records Database
with 399 records.
-
Stockwood Discovery Centre (London Road, Luton, LU1 4LX; 01582 548600) - has a dedicated geological gallery featuring Cretaceous and Pleistocene specimens; Cretaceous sea audiovisual; local landscape interpretation; archaeological collections include Palaeolithic flints collected by Worthington G Smith.
-
See also
Museums Bedfordshire
|
|
Cambridgeshire |
|
|
|
|
|
Essex |
|
|
-
Chelmsford Museum (Oaklands Park, Moulsham St, Chelmsford, CM2 9AQ; 01245-605700) - geological displays and collections.
-
Natural History Museum, Colchester
(High Street, Colchester;
01206-282941; museums@colchester.gov.uk) - displays on the changing environments of
Essex from the Cretaceous to the present day, with landscape dioramas and new geological
cases; life-size model Carcharodon shark jaw is a must-see; many Essex specimens in storage.
-
Saffron Walden Museum (Museum Street, Saffron Walden, CB10 1JL; 01799-510333) - 'The Earth Beneath Your Feet’ permanent display includes ‘The Chalk Sea’. panorama; extensive geological collection in storage.
-
See also
Museums in Essex
|
|
Hertfordshire |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Norfolk |
|
|
-
Cromer Museum (East Cottages, Tucker Street, Cromer Norfolk NR27 9HB; 01263 513543) - a new Geology Gallery; has an interpretation programme involving local geology, including guided walks on West Runton beach.
-
Lynn Museum (Market Street, King's Lynn, Norfolk PE30 1NL; 01553 775001) - geological specimens in the collection
-
Norwich Castle Museum (Castle Meadow Norwich Norfolk NR1 3JU; 01603 493625) - display of geological specimens and the skeleton of the West Runton elephant; large collections in storage; employs a geological curator.
-
Ancient House Museum of Thetford Life (White Hart Street Thetford Norfolk IP24 1AA; 01842 752599) - a small case of geological specimens on display, and more in storage.
-
See also
Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service. Information about collections can be viewed by going to the 'Collections Online for All' button and searching the relevant museum's collections.
|
|
Suffolk |
|
|
-
Ipswich Museum (High Street, Ipswich IP1 3QH; 01473-433550) - Suffolk's premier geological collection, numbering 31,000 specimens; has a big geology Gallery; employs a geological curator
-
Lowestoft Museum (Nicholas Everitt Park, Oulton Broad, NR33 9JR; 01502-511457) - excellent geology displays.
-
Mildenhall and District Museum (6 King Street, Mildenhall IP28 7EX; 01638-717970 or 713109) - has a specialist geological display
-
Moyses Hall Museum (Cornhill, Bury St Edmunds IP33 1DX; 01284-706183) - has geological specimens in storage
-
See also
Explore Suffolk Museums
|
|
|
|
|
Printed resources |
|
|
|
|
Top |
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Palaeolithic and Mesolithic |
|
|
|
|
On-line
resources |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Printed resources |
|
-
‘The Nature and Subsequent Uses of Flint: The Basics of Lithic Technology’ by John Lord (John Lord; 1993) - an introduction to flint knapping by the acknowledged elder statesman of the art.
-
‘The Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia’ by J Wymer (Geobooks, Norwich; 1984) – a classic compendium of Palaeolithic sites and findspots in Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and parts of Cambs and Herts; includes palaeo-environmental information
-
‘Gazetteer of Mesolithic Sites in England and Wales’ by JJ Wymer and CJ Bonsall (eds) Geobooks, Norwich; 1977) – Mesolithic and Late Upper Palaeolithic sites listed by county and parish.
-
‘Aspects of East Anglian Prehistory’ by C Barringer (ed) (Geobooks, Norwich; 1984) – six essays covering the archaeology of East Anglia from the Palaeolithic to the Bronze Age, including information on environment and economy.
-
‘Man the Primeval Savage’ by Worthington J Smith (Edward Stanford, London; 1894) – an archaeological classic covering the Palaeolithic of Caddington (Beds) and the Lea valley (Herts); includes interesting palaeo-anthropological chapter.
-
‘Excavations at the Lower Palaeolithic Site at East Farm, Barnham, Suffolk 1989-94’ by N Ashton, SG Lewis and S Parfitt (British Museum Occasional Paper No.125; 1998) - a multidisciplinary investigation of the Hoxnian interglacial deposits.
-
‘The Lower Palaeolithic site at Hoxne, England’ by R Singer, BG Gladfelter and JJ Wymer (University of Chicago Press; 1993) - a multidisciplinary investigation of the Hoxnian interglacial deposits at this nationally important site.
|
|
Top |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Geodiversity and gardening |
|
Practical information for gardeners about coping with different soil types |
|
|
|
|
On-line
resources |
|
|
|
|
|
Printed resources |
|
|
Clay soils |
-
‘Gardening on Chalk and Limestone’ by E Bertram Anderson (W H & L Collingridge Ltd; 1965)
-
‘Chalk and Limestone Gardening: A Guide to Success on Alkaline Soils’ by S. Coles (The Crowood Press Ltd; 2005)
-
‘Gardening on Lime and Chalk (Wisley Handbooks)’ by J.R.B. Evison (Cassell Illustrated; 3rd Revised edition; 1994)
-
‘A Chalk Garden’ by FC Stern (Faber & Faber; 2nd Edtn; 1974)
|
|
Calcareous soils |
-
'Gardening on Clay' by Peter Jones (The Crowood Press Ltd; 2009)
-
'Gardening in Clay Soil' by Sara Pitzer (Storey Books; 1995)
|
|
Sandy soils |
-
'Gardening in Sandy Soil' by C. L Fornari (Storey Books; 1997)
-
'Gardening in Sandy Soils' by Gary Leonard (Reed Books; 1994)
-
'Successful Sandy Soil Gardening' by Bette Galman Wahlfeldt (TAB Books Inc; 1981)
|
|
Top |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Notable scientists
|
|
Some figures from the history of science who have made a big contribution to studying the region’s geodiversity. |
|
|
|
|
On-line
resources |
|
-
Thomas Bonney (1833-1923) – author of ‘Cambridgeshire Geology’ (1875)
-
John Frere (1740-1807) - discoverer of the Palaeolithic site at Hoxne, Suffolk, and pioneer of the science of deductive reasoning in archaeology
-
Clement Reid (1853-1916) – author of seminal works ‘The Pliocene Deposits of Britain’ (1890) and ‘The Origin of the British Flora’ (1899); investigator of the palaeobotany of the Cromer Forest Bed. See also the Natural History Museum’s online archive entry.
-
Searles Valentine Wood (Senior) (1798-1880) – author of the seminal Palaeontographical Society publication ‘A Monograph of the Crag Mollusca’ (1848-1856). Buried at Melton, Suffolk.
|
|
|
Printed resources |
|
|
|
|
Top |
|
|
