56 -Notes on the Gedlogy ‘of South Ferriby. 
Romans used chalk in’ making’ the foundations for ‘the magnifi- 
cent tessellated pavement at Horkstow—a little over a mile 
away—and also utilised it in the construction of some of the 
tesseree of which the pavement itself is composed: - Chalk was 
‘likewise largely used in the construction of the fine Saxon church 
of St. Peter’s at Barton—and it was brought into. service in 
connection with the erection of various buildings in more modern 
times. The Inclosure Commissioners of 176g allotted separate 
acres of chalk land in different parts of the lordship for the 
repair of public and private roads. Some twenty-five years ago 
Messrs. Lucas and Aird, the contractors for the Hull and Barnsley 
Railway, employed 100 men and 25 vessels in removing enornrous 
quantities of ‘ cawk’ as it is locally called, for the construction of 
that railway It is said that at least £25,000 must have been 
expended in extracting the chalk from one of these Humber-side_ 
quarries alone. . Material was also obtained from these pits for. 
the making of the Hull, Goole, and Grimsby Docks, as well as for 
works in connection with the Aire and Calder Navigation. No 
wonder that’ the quarries are so large, and the sections are so fine. 
All the pits on the south Humber bank are similar in general 
section—varying a little in height, etc., in accordance with the 
distance they have extended from the estuary. The section at 
South Ferriby can be ‘described as typical of the series. It is 
reached by a most charming avenue extending from the jetty on 
the Humber side to the quarry. This is carpeted on its steep sides 
in thesummer wth a profusion of wild flowers—and the tall pine 
trees meet over-head. | At cne side of this path a small quarry has 
been cut, and shows the chalk dipping towards the Humber at’ a 
high angle. The section here exposed is evidently made into a 
mass of slipped rock such as is met with on most chalk escarp- 
ments. ° After about’a quarter ora mile’s walk in this narrow path- 
way, the chalk pit suddenly presents itself, and isa sight not soon’ 
toke forgotten. It is now being quarried on a comparatively smalt 
scale by Mr. R. Walker of Ferriby, and the dazzling whiteness of 
fresh ‘ falls’ ‘contrasts well with the grey colour assumed by the 
weathered material. The quarry has a perpendicular face about 
go feet in height, and is divided at a distance of ten feet from the 
floor by a dark marly band, the Belemnitella -plena zone: “The 
