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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 265 
Sheet title Bath. 
Map type Bedrock and Superficial 
Scale 1:50 000 
Publication year 2011 
Author statement Original geological survey at 1:63 360 scale by H.T. De la Beche, W.T. Aveline, E. Hull, D. Williams, J. Phillips, A.C. Ramsay, H.W. Bristow and A.C. Saunders, published as part of Old Series Sheets 14, 19, 34 and 35 in 1857, 1845, 1857 and 1866 respectively. Resurveyed at the 1:10 560 scale by D.R.A. Ponsford, G.A. Kellaway, R. Cave, F.B.A. Welch, W. Bullerwell and G.W. Green in 1944-48 and 1957-59. Sheet 265 published at the 1:63 360 scale in 1965. Reprinted without revision in 1970. Photographically enlarged to 1:50 000 and reprinted without revision in 1990. Amendments to mass movement deposits at the 1:10 000 scale by R.J. Wyatt in 1985 and P.R.N. Hobbs in 2006-2008. Amendments and the addition of artificial deposits at the 1:10 000 scale by A.J.M. Barron, R.A. Edwards, R.A. Ellison, A.R. Farrant, K.R. Royse, T.H. Sheppard, P.J. Strange and R.K. Westhead in 1995-2007. Compiled by A.J.M. Barron and T.H. Sheppard. J.H. Powell, Chief Geologist, England. 
Published statement Published 2011. print code: 1400/2011. 
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