Wood, E.R, Colonel, fl 1861 (of Stouthall, Swansea, cave explorer and collector)

Scope and Contents Mr. J. B. Wigham was writing from Heigham in Norfolk. In his death notice, dated 26th December 1851, in the Norfolk Chronicle, Wigham is described as "a Fellow of the Royal Geological Society, and was well known as having personally collected one of the best cabinets of tertiary fossils in the kingdom". Teh main themes of the letters are shells, Crags, Norfolk/Norwich, and Sand pipes, and they are summarised as: ...

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Summarised as 'Col, Wood Swansea, Gower Caves 1861 Reindeer horns'. Also includes 'Mr. Woods' notes on Touraine Fossiles [Mary's writing] -being a table of species names of Touraine Shells, and reference to pg 47 [is actually page 46] of NB 86.

Scope and Contents This dark leather notebook contains Charles Lyell's notes in ink, occasional pencil, mostly relates to notes on Touraine shells and notes by Mr Bunbury. Short index written in the back of the notebook, along with a list of Touraine shells - and there are links between this list and correspondence with Colonel E.R. Wood. Covers are blank. The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's own "Index", found at the...