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A Survey and Comparison of the
Natural and Inned Salt Marshes at
Leigh-on-Sea, Essex
BY JEAN E. MYERS, B.Sc.
Lister-Scourfield-Main Memorial Prize Paper
[Read by the author (Now Mrs. H. F. Gribble), 27 February, 1904]
INTRODUCTION
The area studied lies on the north bank of the River
Thames, and to the west of Leigh-on-Sea Station. It
extends as far westwards as Hadleigh Castle, and as far
south as Hadleigh Ray. Approximately 50 yards north of
the railway, the ground begins to rise steeply, and the base
of this escarpment forms the northern limit of the area of
study.
The inned and natural salt marshes on the mainland have
been considered in greatest detail, but a general survey of
Two Tree Island has been carried out.
Fig. 2. Showing the position of the area studied.