Joseph Beete Jukes,
The South Staffordshire Coalfield…
(1859)
“ The limestone bands have not yet been worked, but they would probably have the same hydraulic character as those of Barrow-upon-Soar. [1] My colleague Mr. Howell, however, who mapped this neighbourhood, informs me that the limestone here is more argillaceous, and not so pure as the Lias limestone of other places, that near Stratford-on-Avon for instance. In the sandy beds are some imperfect casts of bivalve shells. ”
