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On May 3rd, 1880, Lucas replied to a letter in which he 

 had been told that water had been obtained. He expressed 

 his satisfaction at the news, but doubted if the Great Oolite 

 had really been reached. 



In 1882, on the death of Mr E. Bowly, the Brewery, its 

 houses, etc., were sold to Cripps' Brewery (now known as the 

 Cirencester Brewery Co.), and from them — in the same year — 

 the Cirencester Water Works Company acquired the " Brewery 

 well." 



In 1882-83, in order to supplement the supply, the Water 

 Works Company had another 4-inch chisel-boring put down 

 from the bottom of the well, at a distance of about 2 feet to 

 2 feet 6 inches away from the other hole. 



This second bore-hole penetrated to a depth of 109 feet 

 from the bottom of the well, or to 139 feet from the ground- 

 level. The Great Oolite was reached at 119 feet from the surface. 

 The boring was continued for 20 feet into the Great Oolite and 

 then left off. 



Taunton, who supervised the sinking, published a vertical 

 section of the rocks passed through.' 



The supply of water from this 30-foot well, with its two 

 4-inch bore-holes from the bottom (one to a depth of 100 feet 

 and the other to a depth of 109 feet), did not provide a supply 

 adequate to meet the demand. Consequently, in 1890, the 

 Water Works Company decided to sink a new shaft and bore- 

 hole. The Aqueous Works and Diamond Rock Boring Com- 

 pany, of Lambeth, were entrusted with the work, and 

 Mr Taunton watched the operations. 



First a shaft 46 feet 3 inches deep and 4 feet 9 inches in 

 diameter was sunk to a depth of 28 feet 5 inches ; then 3 feet 

 2 inches in diameter for a further depth of 2 feet 2 inches, 

 and 3 feet 9 inches in diameter for the remaining 15 feet 8 

 inches. 



Taunton kept some of the fossils that he had obtained 

 from the clay that had been dug out of this well, and about 

 June, 1890, showed them to Professor Allen Marker, of the 



I Proc. Cotteswold Nat. F.C., vol. ix., pt. i (:886), table facing p. 60 



