Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club

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Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club

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History

Founded in 1851 the Society is still active (SOCIETY WEB SITE).

Transactions 1852-1889 in the Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Botanical Records

Herefordshire was divided into 14 districts (within 5 areas: South, East, Central, North, West) for the purpose of recording:

S 1 St Weonards S 2 Ross S 3 Woolhope E 4 Ledbury E 5 Bromyard E 6 Frome C 7 Hereford C 8 Weobly N 9 Leominster N 10 Aymestrey N 11 Kington N 12 Pembridge W 13 Golden Valley W 14 Black Mountain

There is a MAP showing the districts in the Transactions frontispiece of 1866.

The districts were used in A FLORA OF HEREFORDSHIRE by William Henry Purchas and Augustin Ley, 1889. They were also used in Ley's ADDITIONS TO THE FLORA OF HEREFORDSHIRE 1894 where there are frequent references to 'New District' records, abbreviated to 'N D' this can also appear on Ley's herbarium labels: