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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 217 
Sheet title Moreton-in-Marsh. 
Map type Solid and Drift 
Scale 1:50 000 
Publication year 2000 
Author statement Original geological survey at 1:63 360 scale by E. Hull and H.H. Howell. Published as Old Series Sheet 44 in 1856 and 1879. Minor revisions and addition of Drift and Chipping Norton Limestone by H.G. Dines in 1927. Published at 1:63 360 scale in 1929. Reprinted on First Series 1:50 000 scale base, published 1975. Reprinted with amendments to north-west corner and revised marginal material, published 1981 . Resurveyed at 1:10 000 scale by A.J.M. Barron, M.G. Sumbler, A.N. Morigi, B.C. Worssam, R.J. Wyatt and I.T. Williamson between 1980 and 1998, and at 1:10 560 scale by A. Whittaker between 1964 and 1966, incorporating information from 1:10 560 scale surveys of parts of the district by E. G. Poole and A. Horton between 1959 and 1960. Interpretation of deep structure by T.C. Pharaoh, 1999. G.A. Kellaway, G.W. Green, A.J. Wadge, R.W. Gallois, I.R. Basham and P.J. Strange, Regional Geologists. 
Published statement Released 2000. 
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