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Much of our information about the history of this Society comes from a section in the
June 23 Issue of the Newsletter of a different group, the
Manchester Geological Assocation (founded 1904).
In that Newsletter, we read that “The Manchester Geological Society was founded in 1838 and held its first meeting on 31 October 1839.”
Further in the article, we learn that
“in March 1903 the Society acknowledged its existence to the coal industry by changing its name to the Manchester Geological and Mining Society and became incorporated with the Institute of Mining Engineers based in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.”
And finally: “In the 1970s, with reducing membership, the MGMS became a branch of of the IME.”
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