{"id":1838,"date":"2019-12-10T14:21:42","date_gmt":"2019-12-10T14:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/?page_id=1838"},"modified":"2021-01-11T14:26:06","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T14:26:06","slug":"our-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/about-bgs\/our-work\/our-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Our history"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t<section class=\"hero-section hero-section-with-social\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Our history<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>About BGS<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap social-wrap-inline-them\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sea-background-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Share this article<\/span><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/about-bgs\/our-work\/our-history\/\"><span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span class=\"hidden\">Facebook<\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Our%20history&#038;url=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/about-bgs\/our-work\/our-history\/\"><span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span class=\"hidden\">Twitter<\/span><\/span><\/a><a   onclick=\"javascript:void( (function() {var e=document.createElement('script' );e.setAttribute('type','text\/javascript' );e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8' );e.setAttribute('src','\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());\"  href=\"javascript:void(0);\"><span class=\"icon-pinterest\"><span class=\"hidden\">Pinterest<\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/wa.me?text=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/about-bgs\/our-work\/our-history\/\"><span class=\"icon-whatsapp\"><span class=\"hidden\">WhatsApp<\/span><\/span><\/a><a   href=\"mailto:?subject=Our%20history&#038;body=The%20British%20Geological%20Survey%20is%20the%20world\u2019s%20oldest%20national%20geological%20survey.%20(https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/about-bgs\/our-work\/our-history\/)\"><span class=\"icon-mail\"><span class=\"hidden\">Email<\/span><\/span><\/a><a href=\"#\" data-copy=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/about-bgs\/our-work\/our-history\/\" class=\"copy-url-on-click\"><span class=\"icon-link\"><span class=\"hidden\">Copy Link<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-bgs-blocks-content-container content-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<p>The British Geological Survey is the world&#8217;s oldest national geological survey, founded in 1835. The survey has changed its name several times through its history, which is explained in brief below or, for further information, see the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/services\/ngdc\/records\/archive.html\">BGS archives<\/a> and a<a href=\"http:\/\/earthwise.bgs.ac.uk\/index.php\/History_of_the_British_Geological_Survey\"> <\/a>comprehensive historical record on <a href=\"http:\/\/earthwise.bgs.ac.uk\/index.php\/History_of_the_British_Geological_Survey\">BGS Earthwise<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Quick links<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"#1835\">1835\u20131850<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#1851\">1851\u20131904<\/a> <\/li><li><a href=\"#1905\">1905 \u2013 present day<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"1835\">1835\u20131850<\/h2>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-4637-block_5eb4eea816844\" class=\"timeline-wrap  \" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"timeline-bullet\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>1835: The Ordnance Geological Survey<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><p>Thomas F Colby, Superintendent of the Ordnance Survey, recognised the practical value of a geological examination of the country and supported Henry Thomas de la Beche, Vice-President of the Geological Society, to undertake a geological survey of Devon. The success of this work led to establishment of the Ordnance Geological Survey in 1835 under the Board of Ordnance; de la Beche became its first director.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Devon-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur\" alt=\"Index map from the Geological Survey&#039;s first publication Report on the geology of Cornwall, Devon, and West Somerset, issued February 1839.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Devon-1-960x497.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\">Index map from the Geological Survey&#039;s first publication Report on the geology of Cornwall, Devon, and West Somerset, issued February 1839.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"timeline-bullet\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>1835: The Museum of Economic Geology<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><p>In August 1835, de la Beche obtained funding from the Board of Works to establish a museum at Craig&#8217;s Court, Whitehall, London; the Museum of Economic Geology was opened in 1841. One of its most important acquisitions was some building stones proposed for the new Houses of Parliament.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"timeline-bullet\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>1839: The Mining Record Office<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><p>By 1839, the survey included a new Mining Record Office that collected and stored abandoned mine plans, which was set up in response to a mining disaster. From about 1847 the survey also started collecting and publishing mineral production statistics and then international trade statistics, an activity that still happens today.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"timeline-bullet\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>1845: The Geological Survey Act<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><p>The Geological Survey Act of 1845 provided the survey with a legal framework designed &#8216;to facilitate the completion of a geological survey of Great Britain and Ireland.&#8217; Responsibility for the survey, which now incorporated the geological department in Ireland, passed from the Board of Ordnance to the Office of Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works and Buildings. This transition meant that field officers of the survey were no longer required to wear the military-style uniform of blue serge with brass buttons and a top hat!<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Geological_Survey_Act_P815508-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur\" alt=\"The Geological Survey Act 1845\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Geological_Survey_Act_P815508-960x901.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\">The Geological Survey Act and the creation of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom (Great Britain &amp; Ireland). Source BGS \u00a9 UKRI<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"1851\">1851\u20131904<\/h2>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-1985-block_5f17eedf41aa4\" class=\"timeline-wrap  \" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"timeline-bullet\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>1851: a new Museum of Practical Geology<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><p>Having outgrown the limited accommodation at Craig\u2019s Court, arrangements were put in hand in 1845 for erecting a new museum and offices for the survey. On 12 May 1851, the year of the Great Exhibition, the new Geological Survey and Museum of Practical Geology was formally opened by Prince Albert in Jermyn Street, a prime London location. The survey offices and library were situated in the rear of the building, which fronted onto Piccadilly. Also included were a lecture theatre, laboratories and the Mining Record Office.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/P640479-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur\" alt=\"Jermyn Street Museum\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/P640479-960x589.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\">Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street, London. Source: BGS \/ NERC<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"timeline-bullet\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>1851: School of Mines<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><p>In November 1851, the Government School of Mines and of Science Applied to the Arts was inaugurated; this would go on to become the Royal School of Mines. The school, based in the museum at Jermyn Street, provided instruction in chemistry, natural history with palaeontology, mechanical science, metallurgy, geology and mining and mineralogy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"timeline-bullet\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>1872: separation of the Geological Survey and Museum from the Royal School of Mines<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><p>The Royal School of Mines and its teaching facilities were relocated from Jermyn Street to South Kensington, although the transfer was not fully completed until some years later. The school thus ceased to be part of the Geological Survey and Museum.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/SchoolofMines-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur\" alt=\"Imperial College Royal School of Mines\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/SchoolofMines-960x497.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\">Imperial College Royal School of Mines. Image \u00a9 Omar Shahpo.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"1905\">1905 \u2013 present day<\/h2>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"timeline-799-block_5f17ecd8e4e19\" class=\"timeline-wrap  \" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"timeline-bullet\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>1905: Geological Survey of Great Britain<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><p>On 1 April 1905, the Geological Survey of Ireland was transferred to the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland. The Geological Survey of the United Kingdom (Great Britain &amp; Ireland) was renamed the Geological Survey of Great Britain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"timeline-bullet\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>1919: The Department of Scientific and Industrial Research<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><p>On 1 November 1919, the Geological Survey and Museum was transferred to the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR). Subsequently, the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Act of 1956 amended aspects of the management of research functions and placed the DSIR under the charge of a Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, the forerunner of the current Research Councils.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/CentenaryLogo-150x150.png\" class=\"lazy-blur\" alt=\"The logo created in 1935 for the centenary celebration of the Geological Survey and Museum.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/CentenaryLogo-960x497.png\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\">The logo created in 1935 for the centenary celebration of the Geological Survey and Museum.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"timeline-bullet\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>1965: The Science and Technology Act and the creation of the Institute of Geological Sciences<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><p>The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) \u2014 the BGS&#8217;s parent body \u2014 was confirmed by Royal Charter as a result of the 1965 Act. The Geological Survey and Museum was combined with the Overseas Geological Surveys (OGS) in the following year and renamed the Institute of Geological Sciences (IGS).<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"timeline-bullet\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>1984: The British Geological Survey<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><p>On 1 January 1984, we were renamed the British Geological Survey. The next year our headquarters were established at Keyworth, near Nottingham, and our offices at the Geological Museum at South Kensington were relinquished to the Natural History Museum, which now form the Earth Galleries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/KW_concourse-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur\" alt=\"BGS Keyworth Geological Walk\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/KW_concourse-960x642.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\">Geological walk at BGS Headquarters in Keyworth. 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