Abstract
Fossil footprints were recognised in Scottish rocks over a decade before they were first discovered in England. Then, in 1838, footprints of the "hand animal" Chirotherium were found in the quarries at Storeton Hill in Cheshire. This discovery was reported, first to the British Association for the Advancement of Science, then to the Geological Society of London, by William Buckland. These Cheshire finds have been assumed to predate the discovery of Triassic footprints elsewhere in England. However, a footprintbearing slab figured by Murchison & Strickland (1840) had been presented to the Warwickshire Natural History & Archaeological Society (WNHAS) in 1837. These footprints, from Shrewley Common in Warwickshire, were thus the first to be recognised in England. Dr George Lloyd was Secretary of WNHAS and may have been unintentionally instrumental in helping to publicise the rival Cheshire discoveries. His scientific interests and the subsequent dispersal of his collections are outlined.
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