56 
W. WHITAKER-HERTEORESHIRE WELL-SECTIONS. 
Elamsteae. —Beechwood. Sunk and communicated by Mr. B. B. 
Paten. Shaft 80 feet, the rest bored. 
Clay and gravel 20 
Chalk and flints 235 j /0 ° 
Furneaux Pelham. —Eastern end, 1884. Made and communicated 
by Mr. G. Ingole. 
Thickness. Depth. 
/ [Boulder f White clay . 7 7 
[Glacial 1 Clay] ( Blue and brown clay 24 31 
Drift] j Bed sand . 19 50 
\ Sand, gravel and loam . 27 77 
Chalk . 57£ 134£ 
Gaeeeseen. —Ashridge Park, 1860. Sunk and communicated by 
Mr. B. B. Paten. Shaft 225 feet, the rest bored. 
Clay and gravel . 181 „. ^ 
Chalk with flints . 327 J 
Gaeeeseen Place, near Water End. For Mr. T. E. Halsey, M.P., 
1871. Sunk and communicated by Mr. E. B. Paten. Shaft 
200 feet, the rest bored. 
Gravel . 15 ] 
Chalk with flints 370 j 0 
Great Ofeley. —Wellbury House. Made and communicated by 
Messrs. C. Isler ane Co. Water-level nearly 162 feet down; 
but no supply of water. 
Thickness. 
[Melbourn Rock] 
[Grey Chalk, 
91 feet] 
[Totternhoe Stone, 
9 feet] 
[Chalk Marl] 
Depth. 
:ed) . 
ft. 
ins. 
ft. 
133 
ins. 
6 
Chalk . 
41 
2 
174 
8 
Bock . 
3 
0 
177 
8 
( Chalky marl ..... 
7 
8 
185 
4 
Hard chalk 
5 
0 
190 
4 
Chalky marl ..... 
47 
3 
237 
7 
Hard stone 
3 
10 
241 
5 
\ Hard marl 
15 
2 
256 
7 
Gault . 
5 
0 
261 
7 
Yery hard marl 
2 
9 
264 
4 
Marl . 
2 
10 
267 
2 
[ Marl . 
2 
2 
269 
4 
( Hard stone 
4 
4 
273 
8 
Marl . 
2 
6 
276 
2 
( Hard stone 
2 
0 
278 
2 
Marl . 
16 
2 
294 
4 
The divisions of the Chalk have been made by Mr. Jukes- 
Browne, who also notes that “Mr. B. Street, of Hitchin, says 
that the original well was sunk in 1822, and that the water-supply, 
though generally enough in winter and in spring, always partly 
failed in summer; hence the above boring was made in 1884, but 
without result. It was stopped by my advice. I recommended 
that the shaft should be deepened and headings driven. It was 
found necessary however to sink an entirely new well.” 
