214 DRIFT DEPOSITS OF MANCHESTER 



This section proves that the Till underlies the 

 deposit No. 1, in the valley of the Irwell below 

 Pendleton. In sinking a well at the Industrial 

 School, Swinton, a section of the higher part of 

 the Drift was obtained, which although not in 

 Pendleton, but an adjoining township, it is thought 

 right to give : — 



Yds. Ft. In. 



Dry Sand 4 



Marl 1 



Quicksand 9 



Clay (Book Leaves) 12 



Dry Sand 14 



Marl, with Stones 2 



31 2 



CHEETHAM. 



The houses in Strangeways, on the flat part of 

 land adjoining the Irwell, built on No. 1, form 

 the only exception in the southern and midland 

 portions of this township — comprehending Strange- 

 ways, Red Bank, Stocks and Cheetwood — to the 

 thick deposit of brick-clay, (No. 3,) on which the 

 greater number of the houses of this township 

 are erected. All the district north of a line 

 running a little south of a new street, below the 



