VOL. XVIII. (3) BORING AT WALLSWORTH HALL 247 



A BORING IN THE LOWER LIAS AT WALLSWORTH 

 HALL, NEAR GLOUCESTER. 



BY 



L. RICHARDSON, P.Q.S. 



In IQII-I2 a boring was put down at WaUsworth Hall— 

 the residence of J. T. Dorrington, Esq.. J.P., about two and a 

 half miles north-by-east of Gloucester-in the Lower Lias, 

 in search of water. 



At the time there were three wells at the Hall, respectively 

 20. 22. and 24 feet deep ; but the water from the first that 

 near the south-eastern angle of the house, was so hard that it 

 could not be used for domestic purposes. The yield from the 

 other two wells proving inadequate-especially m the very 

 dry weather-it was desired to augment the supply. The only 

 chance of doing so lay in sinking a bore-hole, but it was realized 

 at the outset that while a satisfactory supply as respects the 

 quantity desired might be obtained, it was Hkely to prove 

 very hard and possibly mineralized. 



From a geological standpoint the proposed enterprise was 

 interesting, because it would throw additional light upon he 

 thickness of the Lower Lias near Gloucester^ Under the 

 City it has long been known that it is of great thickness for a 

 bore-hole put down at what was then Messrs. Robertson & Co s 

 Brewery but is now the milk depot of the Gloucester 

 Farmers Ltd..Westgate Street, in 1883, proved 350 ^^et 6 mches 

 of LTas. and when it was abandoned the late Robert Ethendge 

 considered that it had reached only into the 



.. lower bed of the Buoklan,i [r^one] and he expressed l^^^^^^^^ 

 that if the boring were continued, m 80 teet tne i^.n*u<- 

 passed through ...."' 



I Proc. Cotteswold Nat. F.C., vol. viu., p. 215. 



