Publications
Notes of the Geology of the country around Haslemere and Midhurst, by J. F. Kirkaldy, M.Sc., F.G.S. and S. W. Wooldridge, D.Sc., F.G.S., published 1938 in The Proceedings of the Geologists' Association London (no. 49 issue 2, article, pp.135-147) View Online
Abstract:A traverse from Haslemere to Midhurst involves the crossing of nearly 1,000 feet of the Lower Cretaceous beds and reveals the structure and physiography of the Weald in somewhat unusual light. We have made observations on this area for some ten years, and on the occasion of the Field Meeting the opportunity was taken of co-ordinating these observations and presenting a brief connected account of the geology of the district as a whole.
Some features in the structure and geomorphology of the country around Fernhurst, Sussex, by S. W. Wooldridge, D.Sc., F.R.G.S., published 1950 in The Proceedings of the Geologists' Association London (no. 61 issue 3, article, pp.165-190) View Online
Abstract:The paper describes the structure of a part of the Western Weald. The work is based on 6-inch mapping of the base of the Hythe Beds and of a distinctive group of red clays some 400 feet from the top of that formation. It renders clear the character of the folding in this part of the Weald and throws light on the superficial "mass-movements", simulating faulting, which have affected the escarpment of the Hythe Beds. These movements are regarded as related to the widespread rubble drift occurring on hill-tops at about 300 feet on the low ground of the Weald Clay. An early Pleistocene age is tentatively ascribed to them.
The Weald, by Sidney William Wooldridge and Frederick Goldring, published 1953 (London: Collins)
The Weald, by Sidney William Wooldridge and Frederick Goldring, published 1972 (288 pp., London: Harper Collins Distribution Services, ISBN-10: 0002132508 & ISBN-13: 9780002132503) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:The Weald is one of the most wooded areas of the British Isles and although densely populated it preserves many of its natural beauties. A country of rolling downs, quiet woods and green fields, the Weald occupies the greater part of the counties of Kent, Surrey, and Sussex, with a fringe of Hampshire. It has a marked community of its own, yet within the rim of chalk downs that forms its natural boundary is a remarkable diversity of sandy heathlands to rich loams, from waterless chalklands to tidal marshes.
Professor Wooldrige put the results of a lifetime's research and exploration into this New Naturalists volume. It remains an unrivalled introduction to the understanding and enjoyment of this lovely region and of its natural history in the widest sense.
Professor Wooldrige put the results of a lifetime's research and exploration into this New Naturalists volume. It remains an unrivalled introduction to the understanding and enjoyment of this lovely region and of its natural history in the widest sense.
The Weald, by Sidney William Wooldridge and Frederick Goldring, published 2009 (288 pp., London: Harper Collins Distribution Services, ISBN-10: 0007316550 & ISBN-13: 9780007316557)
Abstract:The Weald is one of the most wooded areas of the British Isles and although densely populated it preserves many of its natural beauties. A country of rolling downs, quiet woods and green fields, the Weald occupies the greater part of the counties of Kent, Surrey, and Sussex, with a fringe of Hampshire. It has a marked community of its own, yet within the rim of chalk downs that forms its natural boundary is a remarkable diversity of sandy heathlands to rich loams, from waterless chalklands to tidal marshes.
Professor Wooldrige put the results of a lifetime's research and exploration into this New Naturalists volume. It remains an unrivalled introduction to the understanding and enjoyment of this lovely region and of its natural history in the widest sense.
Professor Wooldrige put the results of a lifetime's research and exploration into this New Naturalists volume. It remains an unrivalled introduction to the understanding and enjoyment of this lovely region and of its natural history in the widest sense.