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Shropshire (England)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Hereford Cow, "Shotover" and calf "Royal Shot", 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/1862
Scope and Contents

Photograph of the Hereford cow, "Shotover" and her calf, "Royal Shot" in a cattle pen in 1904. The text beneath the image notes that she was the champion cow, Hereford, Worcester and at the Royal Shows in 1904 and was bred by John Tudge of Duxmoor, Craven Arms, Shropshire.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Lecture on 'The Origin of the Scenery of the British Isles', 1884

 Item
Identifier: Coll-74/7/1
Scope and Contents

Notes for 5 lectures on 'The Origin of the Scenery of the British Isles' given to the Royal Institution in 1884, along with printed abstracts. Sir Archibald Geikie focused on geological formations around the British Isles, with comparisons from European and North American locations, looking at the materials of which they are composed and the processes which went into their creation.

Dates: 1884