Essex Well-Sections. 167
Upminster.—Rectory.
Dr. J. Mitchell's MSS., vol. iii., p. 75.
Dug 90 feet; the rest bored.
Sand, gravel, and brick-earth .................. 30
Blue [London] clay, ending in brown sand
and black pebbles [basement-bed ?] ...... 150
Vange.—Brickyard. (Mr. T. L. Curtis). 1884.
Sunk and communicated by Messrs. Legrand & Sutcliff.
Shaft 100 feet; the rest bored.
This boring is of interest as showing what seems to be a
fairly thick development of the Oldhaven Beds some way
from their outcrop. In this series and in the beds below, the
sands (which would have been expected to yield water) were
blowing sands, and to pass through them the pipes had to be
kept full of water.
Walthamstow.— Clay Street. (Mr. Robertson's).
Dr. J. Mitchell's MSS., vol. iii., p. 83.
Dug 90 feet; bored 100. To chalk (190 feet).