Other sites around the Black Country
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Kingswinford Esker - Wall Heath. Courtesy of The Lapworth Museum. Lantern slides - Folder LS6 - Coal and Coalfields.
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Water course contained within an outcrop of the thick coal of the Carboniferous middle coal measures, eastern edge of Mons Hill, Woodsetton, Dudley (SO 936 927). Photo taken in 1972 by Peter Parkes.
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Water course contained within an outcrop of the thick coal of the Carboniferous middle coal measures, eastern edge of Mons Hill, Woodsetton, Dudley (SO 936 927). Photo taken in 1972 by Peter Parkes.
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Water course contained within an outcrop of the thick coal of the Carboniferous middle coal measures, eastern edge of Mons Hill, Woodsetton, Dudley (SO 936 927). Photo taken in 1972 by Peter Parkes.
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Mucklow tip. Photo by Peter Oliver, 1975-6.
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Glacial deposits, off Trinity Road, West Bromwich, SP 009 903. Photo taken in the mid 1970s by Peter Parkes.
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Exposure in the Much Wenlock Limestone Formation, Castle Mill Basin, Dudley SO 946 916. Photo taken by Peter Parkes in the mid 1970s.
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View showing the entrance to the section of the Dudley Canal Tunnel that runs from Castle Mill Basin to its opening near Tipton (Lord Ward’s Tunnel). Exposure in the Much Wenlock Limestone Formation, Castle Mill Basin, Dudley SO 946 916. Photo taken by Peter Parkes in the mid 1970s.
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View showing the canal tunnel that was used to transport limestone from the Step Shaft and Seven Sisters mines at Wren's Nest. Exposure in the Much Wenlock Limestone Formation. Photo taken by Peter Parkes in the mid 1970s.
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Etruria marl at Tividale (Duport). Taken shortly after the field trip in August 1975. Photo by Peter Parkes.
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Etruria marl at Tividale (Duport). Graham Hickman in foreground. Taken shortly after the field trip in August 1975. Photo by Peter Parkes.
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Mucklow Hill exposure. Photo by Peter Oliver, 1976.
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Mucklow Hill exposure. Photo by Peter Oliver, 1976.
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Mucklow Hill exposure. Photo by Peter Oliver, 1976. Photo joining previous 2 photos.
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Mucklow Hill exposure. Photo by Peter Oliver, 1976.
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Mucklow Hill exposure. Photo by Peter Oliver, 1976.
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Mucklow Hill exposure. Photo by Peter Oliver, 1976.
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West of Burton Road, Dudley, SO927915. Burnt Ten Foot Measures and Thick Coal Rock (Middle Coal Measures). The burnt rocks are a consequence of an underground fire. Photo taken in the late 1970's by Peter Parkes.
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Gorge Road, Sedgley, SO928941. Road cutting through Much Wenlock Limestone Formation rocks. Photo taken in the late 1970's by Peter Parkes.
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Marl Hole at Tividale (Duport) during landfill operations. Photo taken by Peter Parkes in the late 1970s.
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Exposure at Cotwall End Valley. Photo taken in the late 1970s by Peter Parkes.
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Exposure at Cotwall End Valley, with BCGS Conservation Secretary, Colin Mitchell. Photo taken in the late 1970s by Peter Parkes.
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This was taken by Peter Parkes in March 1978 and shows a quarry face which has now become part of an industrial site. You can identify the Ruiton Congregational Church in the photos and the backs of the houses on Lawnswood Road. The quarry was to the west of Holloway Street, photo was taken from approx. location SO 917 920 (present day Holloway Street West). They show the Downton Castle Sandstone Formation (known locally as the Gornal Grit).
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This was taken by Peter Parkes in March 1978 and shows a quarry face which has now become part of an industrial site. You can identify the Ruiton Congregational Church in the photos and the backs of the houses on Lawnswood Road. The quarry was to the west of Holloway Street, photo was taken from approx. location SO 917 920 (present day Holloway Street West). They show the Downton Castle Sandstone Formation (known locally as the Gornal Grit).