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Map series Geological Survey of England and Wales 1:63,360/1:50,000 geological map series, New Series 
Sheet number 171 
Sheet title Kettering. 
Map type Solid and Drift 
Scale 1:50 000 
Publication year 2002 
Author statement Original geological survey at 1:63 360 scale by J.W. Judd, H.H. Howell and W.H. Holloway. Published as Old Series Sheets 52 and 64 in 1864, 1872 and 1877. Resurveyed on the 1:10 560 scale by J.H. Taylor, J.A. Prentice, P.A. Sabine, S.E. Hollingworth, F.B.A. Welch and V. Wilson between 1939 and 1945. Published at 1:63 360 scale in 1951. Reprinted with minor amendments in 1967. Reconstituted on the 1:50 000 scale without revision in 1976. Revised by A.J.M. Barron and C. Herbert in 1998-2001 with amendments to geological nomenclature and boundaries including areas of artificial ground associated with mineral workings based mainly on information from Northamptonshire County Council.Interpretation of deep structure by T.C. Pharaoh, 2001. P.J. Strange, Regional Geologist. 
Published statement Published 2002. Print code: 1800/2002. 
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