YorkGeol – FossilHub

July 7, 2023

Mary Anning Rocks Yorkshire’s Jurassic World!

She never visited the county during her lifetime but finally, on #FossilFriday July 14th 2023, Mary Anning will arrive in Yorkshire, as the maquette of her wonderful Lyme Regis statue comes to the Yorkshire Museum for a two-month stay. I can’t tell you how pleased I am that Mary is coming to York. She’d have loved fossiling on the Yorkshire...

Outreach

February 9, 2023

Fossiliam’s upcoming events – 2023

If you’re looking for a fossil-, rock- or natural history-related activity in Yorkshire in 2023, I might be able to help, as I run fossil-, rock- and natural history-related activities in Yorkshire. My current calendar of events is as follows: Sunday, April 9th – Runswick BayI’ll be leading a Natural Wonders fossil hunt at Runswick Bay from 11.30am to 1.30pm...

Outreach/Teaching

December 27, 2022

My ’22 Top Ten – 4. Meandering down Micklegate

Since starting up York’s Hidden History with the most excellent Dr Simon Rogerson (buy his books here!), I have become a bit obsessed with the ancient, natural and scientific history of Micklegate. York’s Great Street has all manner of fascinating tales to tell, and when we were asked if we might offer a Visit York Members event, I suggested a...

Outreach

December 26, 2022

My ’22 Top Ten – 5. Streetlife

In June, the University of York launched the Streetlife project, turning the former Dorothy Perkins store on Coney Street into a space celebrating creatively the street’s history, heritage, and future. Via our York’s Hidden History walks (especially the York Earth Walk), I was asked if I could help people uncover the deep time stories of Coney Street, beginning during the...

Outreach

August 8, 2022

The Yorkshire Fossil-Finder’s Guide

Fossils are the preserved remains of ancient life, and show how life on Earth has changed over time. Fossils can be found by anyone, of any age or experience, and fossil-finding can bring enormous pleasure. The scientific study of fossils is called palaeontology, and all people, of all ages and experience, can contribute to this science. Many parts of Yorkshire,...

Outreach/Teaching

July 22, 2022

Yorkshire Fossils Week 2022

With absolutely no county authority, and with no approval from Alan Bennett, Betty Boothroyd, or Judi Dench, I have declared the first week of August to be Yorkshire Fossils Week! If you want to join me in celebrating Yorkshire fossils, here’s the list of activities I’m involved with, or that I know about, so far: Monday August 1st (Yorkshire Day)...

Outreach/Teaching

April 17, 2022

Digging into Yarcomb Sand’oil

I realised Acomb must be vaguely scientifically interesting when I found it mentioned in Martin Lister‘s 1683 Royal Society paper “An ingenious proposal for a new sort of Maps of Countrys, together with Tables of Sands and Clays, such chiefly as are found in the North parts of England…” Lister’s idea was that rocks and sediments should be mapped, for...

Outreach/Research

January 7, 2022

The education of Miss Phillips

A few years ago, with Dr Tori Herridge, I wrote a Trowelblazers article about the marvellous Anne Phillips. As Anne’s Wikipedia page makes clear, geologist and science historian Dr Nina Morgan has been crucial in uncovering many details of Miss Phillips’ life and work, including important contributions to geological science. I very much enjoyed Nina’s recent article explaining how rail...

Research

July 22, 2021

The Great York Fossil Hunt

Can you really find fossils on the historic streets of York? Yes you can, as we explain in this introductory video: Fossils such as ammonites, bivalves, burrows, corals and crinoids can all be found in the cobbled streets, buildings, and gardens of York. You can download a short guide to them below: If you’re interested in hunting for fossils in...

Outreach/Teaching

June 25, 2021

York Hidden History walks

Coming to the ancient streets of York for the summer of 2021 – York Hidden History walks! Thanks to CEED funding from Let’s Circus, part of Arts Council England‘s #HereForCulture scheme, Dr Simon Rogerson and I have been able to run free, public tests of our four new York Hidden History walks. Now, we’re ready to launch them properly! York...

Outreach

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Mary Anning Rocks Yorkshire’s Jurassic World!

Fossiliam’s upcoming events – 2023

My ’22 Top Ten – 4. Meandering down Micklegate

My ’22 Top Ten – 5. Streetlife

The Yorkshire Fossil-Finder’s Guide

Yorkshire Fossils Week 2022

Digging into Yarcomb Sand’oil

The education of Miss Phillips

The Great York Fossil Hunt

York Hidden History walks