200 years of British hydrogeology - an introduction and overview, J D Mather • The water-related work of William Smith (1769-1839), H S Torrens • Dr John Snow and an early investigation of groundwater contamination, M Price • William Whitaker (1836-1925) - geologist, bibliographer and a pioneer of British hydrogeology, W H George • Joseph Lucas (1846-1926) - Victorian polymath and a key figure in the development of British hydrogeology, J D Mather, H S Torrens and K J Lucas • 19th century studies of the hydrogeology of the Permo-Triassic Sandstones of the northern Cheshire Basin, England, J H Tellam • Robert Stephenson (1803-59) - The First Groundwater engineer, M Preene • 'Making water': the hydrogeological adventures of Britain's early mining engineers, P L Younger • The contribution of geologists to the development of emergency groundwater supplies by the British army, E P F Rose • Groundwater versus surface water in Scotland and Ireland - the formative years, N S Robins, J R P Bennett and K T Cullen • Bath thermal waters: 400 years in the history of geochemistry and hydrogeology, W M Edmunds • Chalybeate springs at Tunbridge Wells: site of a 17th century new town, J G C M Fuller • The Scottish hydropathic establishments and their use of groundwater, I Spence and N S Robins • British hydrogeologists in North Africa and the Middle East: an historical perspective, J W Lloyd • British hydrogeologists in West Africa - an historical evaluation of their role and contribution, R Hazell • British attempts to develop groundwater and water supply on Gibraltar 1800-1985, E P F Rose, J D Mather and M Perez • The first use of geophysics in borehole siting in hardrock areas of Africa, R D Barker • The development of groundwater in the UK between 1935 and 1965 - The role of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, R A Downing • Jack Ineson (1917-1970) The instigator of quantitative hydrogeology in Britain, R A Downing and D A Gray • Stevenson Buchan (1907-1996): field geologist, hydrogeologist and administrator, D A Gray and J D Mather • Groundwater studies in the institute of Geological Sciences Between 1965 and 1977, D A Gray • Norman Savage Boulton (1899-1984): civil engineer and groundwater hydrologist, R A Downing, W Eastwood and K R Rushton • Groundwater in a national water strategy, 1964-79, R A Downing • Recollections of a golden age: The groundwater schemes of Southern Water 1970-90, H G Headworth • Developments in UK hydrogeology since 1974, F C Brassington •