Geranium sanguineum L.
Conservation status: C
First record: Ray,1660
Geranium haematodes Park. sanguineum Ger.... Bloody–Cranesbill. In ericetis & dumetis praesertim montosis frequens occurrit. Ray,1690,156.
Geranium haematodes Martyn,1727,96.
Records from Wood Ditton, Stetchworth and Balsham need confirmation, but the plant is still found on the Devil's Dyke nor far from the two places first named. Evans,1911,222. 65
IN A WOOD BETWEEN STETCHWORTH AND CHEVELEY
... also in a wood adjoyning to the highway betwixt Stichworth and Chidley. Ray,1660,61–62(67).
Stichworth. In a wood adjoining to the high–way betwixt Stichworth and Chidley. Martyn,1763,Herbat.IX.
Geranium sanguineum Bloody Cranesbill. In a Wood between Stechworth, and Chidley. Relhan,1785;1802;1820.
In a wood between Stockworth and Chidley. Relhan. Bot.Guide,1805,60. [Erroneous spelling of localities.] Chidley. (Cheveley?). Bab.ann.Relhan,280.
In a wood between Stetchworth and Chitley (Cheveley ?); Relhan, Bab.1860,45.
WOOD DITTON/STETCHWORTH/DANE BOTTOM: DEVIL'S DITCH
Near Stitchworth chiefly on the East bank. JM.ann.
Stitchworth JM.ann.
Stichworth Th.M.ann.Meth.–Index Loc.[14].
Stichworth Fisher ann. Berkenhout,196.
Wood–Ditton. Relhan,1802;1820.
Stetchworth, JS Henslow, 27.7.1821, CGE.
Wood–Ditton, JS Henslow, 16.7.1825, 19.5.1827, CGE.
Made an excursion to Wood Ditton,... Of Geranium sanguineum a single blossom was found. Jenyns,JNH,19.5.1827.
Made an excursion to Wood Ditton, crossing that part of Newmarket Heath called The Links. At Stetchworth... Geranium sanguineum... in full flower. Jenyns,NHJ,6.7.1827.
Wood–Ditton, L Jenyns, 6.7.1827, CGE.
Wood Ditton J.D., 18.6.1830, NTM.
Wood Ditton, Mrs Casborne, n.d., CGE.
Wood Ditton, Hb JA Power, 7.8.1835, RTE.
... and near Stechworth Park. 1835,Coleman(a),66.
... plentiful in the Devil's ditch near Stechworth. Coleman(b).
Townsend, Lukis, Newbould and I went by rail to Dullingham. Walked & botanized on the Devil's Ditch and in Wood Ditton Park wood. Geranium sanguineum and Orchis ustulata in flower. Returned by rail. May 27, 1848, Bab.Mem.144.
Wood Ditton. Bab.1860,45.
Dane Bottom, 650.587, hedge at base of dyke & covering dyke generally, [NE side] GMS Easy, 12.7.1969.
Only a small patch left at Dane Bottom, which has become heavily scrubbed up and little chalk grassland is left. G Crompton et al, Devil's Ditch Committee Walk, August 2000.
Edge of arable, on SW side of Devil's Ditch at Dane Bottom, 648.588, PF Yeo, 19.11.1997. (This colony is dependent on the hedge being cut back regularly, f. PFY 7.1998; it is 160 paces long. The site is between the hedge and the FP on the arable side.)
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1 plant, track from Ditton Park Wood to Charcoals Wood, 662.573, MD Hill, 24.7.1964. 66
DEVIL'S DITCH NEAR STETCHWORTH, NEAR RAILWAY
Geranium haematodes Bloudy Cranes–bill. Found on Newmarket heath in the Devils Ditch, Ray,1660,61–62(67). JM.ann.
Geranium haematodes Bloody Cranes–bill. On Newmarket–heath in the Devils–ditch, &c.Ray,1670,132;1677,130–131.
Geranium haematodes foliis majoribus, pallidioribus & altus incisis. Bloody Cranesbill with larger paler and more deeply divided leaves. Found by Mr. Dale on the banks of the Devil's Ditch towards Reche. Ray,1696,219.
Geranium haematodes precocinus et hirsutus foliis pallidioribus majis––s dissectis. On the Banks of the Divels ditch towards Reche. Dale ann.Ray,1690:22.
Geranium haematodes I found it in the Devils Ditch & on the banks beyond Stechworth Gap. 1711, Joseph Andrews Hb.4:25,BM. [ann. by Hemsted 'Bloody Cranes Bill C. 16 Ger. m Sanguineum Lin.]–see colour print of the specimen from BM, 1994 & (J.Bot.56:298).Geranium haematodes... collecta D. Antrobus. R(ay) H(istoria) 1061. Sloane Hb. 152:116. BM. Geranium sanguineum. Newmarket On the heath. Ray Index Loc.JM.ann. Geranium sanguineum. Newmarket On the bank of the great Ditch called Devils ditch. Ray Index Loc.JM.ann.
Geranium haematodes foliis majoribus, pallidioribus & altus incisis. Bloody Cranesbill with larger paler and more deeply divided Leaves. Found by Mr. Dale on the Banks of the Devil's Ditch towards Reche. (On the left side of Dallingham–gap going from Canvass–hall.) Ray,1724,360.
Geranium sanguineum,... Bloody Cranesbill. On the banks of the Devil's ditch. Martyn,1732,1:279.
In and about the Devil's Ditch. Martyn,1763,Herbat.IX.
D(evils) D(itch) Fisher ann. Berkenhout,196.
Devils Ditch Cambr. Gisborne ann.306.
Bloody Cranesbill. By the Devil's Ditch. b Devil's Ditch. Relhan,1785.
Newmarket, C Abbott, Fl.Selecta 1:81, LTN.
By the Devil's Ditch. Relhan, 1802;1820.
Devil's Ditch, L.J., 17.6.1821, 9.6.1825, BATHG. By the devil's Ditch. Henslow ann. l:280.
Devil's–ditch near the road from Newmarket to Dullingham:...1835,Coleman(a),66.
Devil's ditch near the place where it is crossed by the road from Newmarket to Dullingham:.... Coleman(b).
Townsend, Lukis, Newbould and I went by rail to Dullingham. Walked & botanized on the Devil's Ditch and in Wood Ditton Park wood. Geranium sanguineum and Orchis ustulata in flower. Returned by rail. May 27, 1848, Bab.Mem.144.
Geran san By the Devil's Ditch. Bab.ann.Relhan,280.
Devil's Ditch near Newmarket, CC Babington, 27.5.1848, CGE.
Devil's Dyke, Dullingham, Shrubbs ann.
Devil's Dyke. HD.ann.
Devil's Ditch, Dullingham, A Shrubbs, 19.7.1882 & 6.8.1885, CGE.
Devil's Ditch, RH Lock, 1.8.1901, CGE.
Devil's Dyke, n.c., 13.7.1903, CGE.
Devil's Ditch, A Malins Smith, 27.7.1905.
Devil's Dyke, Dullingham, AS Shrubbs, 1921, DHM.
Devils Dyke between Ry & Dullingham–Nemt Rd. 30.7.1921, Mills ann.
On Railway Bank, close to Devil's Dyke, Newmarket Heath, AJ Crosfield, 24.9.1920, CGE.
Devil's Dyke, HC Gilson, 1938.
Devil's Ditch, Newmarket, close to the railway, Large plants. 6.6.1946, Hb DEC/311. DE Coombe, Card index.
On Railway Bank, close to Devil's Dyke, FH Perring, 1952.
On Devil's Ditch, amongst scrub, by the railway, 632.604, PD Sell 54/9, 3.6.1954, CGE.
Between Dullingham Road and railway, DE Coombe & PH Oswald, 8.8.1994, [R].
Still flourishing between Dullingham Road – railway and on NW side of railway. It has probably gone from along the railway track, G Crompton et al, Devil's Ditch Committee Walk, August, 2000.
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On east facing bank of waterworks, Warren Hill, 66–63–, with Anacamptis, Scabiosa col & Knautia arv, 2 or 3 clumps, BD Jones, 4.8.1977; c.10 clumps, 1978; CPs G Crompton, 1984.
Warren Hill Reservoir, S Everett, 3.7.1984, [R].
Banks of Warren Hill Reservoir, 662.635, S Lambert & J Green, 4.3.1987, [R].
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Railway line E of Whittlesey, 266.963, JO Mountford, 7.1972. 35
G. sanguineum. Madingley In the Lanes and closes about the Town. Ray Indan class="numbers">43
Near Chrishall, in several localities. S. Willett. Gibson,1862. 44
Harston Hill, Newton, ME Smith, 1969 & 1973. 45
Cherry Hinton Chalk Pit Close JM.ann.Index loc.
Rubbish dump at Cherry Hinton, Mr Warner, 6.1965, fide JSL Gilmour.
Gogs Golf Club chalk pit (old tip), 485.539, 2 plants, P Darling, c.1975; now well established, GMS Easy, 1978.
Gogmagog Hills,492.547, 1 plant, AC Leslie, 1978.
Rsv, 490.547, GMS Easy, 1978.
A few patches by steps up from lay–by, in central reservation opp. Wandlebury, c.49–53–, SM Walters, 6.1993; 491.534, JCA Rathmell, 6.7.1996.
'Rock garden' at base of Church tower, Cherry Hinton, 490.571, E Norman & U3A group, 15.7.1995, [R]. 46
Waste ground, Histon Rd. 445.609, GMS Easy, 15.9.1970.
Histon, 444.613, JE Llewellyn–Jones, 6.1972.
Chesterton Churchyard, 463.596, I Gundert, 1983– 5.1991, [R]. 49
Railway sidings, March, 49E, GMS Easy, 10.6.1996, [R]. 54
Linton railway tip, GMS Easy, 1975. 55
Balsham church meadow (plentiful). Smart,1856.
Church Meadow, Balsham; R.B.Smart. Bab.1860,45. 57
Garden, Wicken, CEM ann.
