The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Wellingborough

Northamptonshire (County [UK]), England


View Larger MapDescription of institution: The most economically important aspect of the geology of the area is the Northampton Sands ironstone formation. This is a marine sand of Jurassic age (Bajocian stage), deposited as part of an estuary sequence and overlain by a sequence of limestones and mudrocks. URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellingborough