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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 78 
Sheet title Wakefield. 
Map type Solid and Drift 
Scale 1:50 000 
Publication year 1998 
Author statement Original survey at 1:10 560 scale published in 1863, 1870 and 1876-8. Resurveyed at 1:10 560 scale by W. Edwards, D.A. Wray, G.H. Mitchell and C.E.N. Bromehead; published 1940. Reprint with minor amendments in 1962. Partial resurvey east of Easting 55 by G.D. Gaunt in 1965-8. Upper Coal Measures resurveyed by E.G. Smith and R.F. Goossens; published 1978. Second resurvey at 1:10 000 scale by R.D. Lake, R.G. Crofts, R.A. Ellison, M. Stewart, J.R.A. Giles, W.J. Barclay, I.T. Williamson, R. Addison, M.T. Dean, M.J.C. Nutt, I.C. Burgess, and D.G. Tragheim in 1982-95. J.I. Chisholm, A.J. Wadge and T.J. Charsley, Regional Geologists. 
Published statement Published 1998. Print code: 98/1800. 
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