114 MR. W. WICKHAM KING ON THE PERMIAN [Feb. 1 899, 



calctireous band between W and the trappoid breccia. Therefore, 

 in all probability, C^ has been eroded. 



(ii) The Baggeridge-Sedgley area. — In this wide Permian 

 tract outcrops of the Middle Permian calcareous bands occur. 



A lower band consists of a calcareous sandstone 10 to 15 feet thick, 

 with occasional thin intercalated layers of pebbles, of which a few 

 are 5 inches long, but as a rule they measure less than 2 inches. 



An upper band is well developed as a massive conglomerate, 

 30 feet thick, containing rounded and subangular pebbles, many of 

 which are 4 inches long and some 8 inches. This conglomerate 

 is coarsest and thickest at the quarry, 28 feet high, on the 

 western side of Baggeridge Woods. Though often a conglomerate, 

 this upper calcareous zone is sometimes a sandstone, containing 

 thin intercalated layers of pebbles which do not, as a rule, exceed 



1 or 2 inches in length. 



That three zones exist in this area is proved by the borehole put 

 down many years ago at Goldthorn Hill, near Wolverhampton, 



2 miles north of Baggeridge, which went through the following 

 beds ' :— 



Feet. 



Soil, marl, and clay (probably Drift) 18 



Light sand-rock 16 



C^ ' Bibley ' (pebbly) or puddingstone-rock 14 



pi •D2 fSoft red sand 4 



[ White, hard (calcareous ?) rock 7 



B^ Eed, white, yellow, and brown sandstones, etc., with 



thin bands of marl, the latter aggregating 51 feet . 179 



B^orB^ Eedrock 6 



B^ White ' Bibley ' (pebbly) rock 7 



A^ Eed rock and marl (in the proportion of 25 feet of 



sandstone to 20 feet of marl) 45 



A^ Light, hard (calcareous?) brown rock 22 



Marls, etc. (Lower Permian) 304 



622 



These beds generally correspond with the Enville Middle Permian. 

 The only marked difference is that B^ and C^ are thinner than in 

 that district, but fuller details as to the calcareous nature of the 

 sandstones might have explained this. Band B^ is very thick, as in 

 the north-western part of the Enville district (p. 104). 



The Upper Permian of the Stour Valley District 



occurs in the south, at Chawnhill, near Stourbridge. Here is 

 found the trappoid breccia (B^), containing angular and subangular 

 fragments (some of which are 7 inches long, and many 4 inches), 

 and also several pieces of Llandovery sandstone measuring up to 

 7 inches in length. The breccia is again exposed in the Stour- 

 bridge & Halesowen road. It here consists of small material : the 



^ The details are summarized from the Gaol. Surv. Vert. Sect. No. 50. 



