Monument record 0203801000 - CHALFONT POTTERY, OAKEND

Summary

Eighteenth to nineteenth century dene hole known from historic records at the Chalfont Pottery

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Type and Period (1)

  • DENE HOLE (18th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

A MINE AT THE CHALFONT KILN & POTTERY CO (OWNED IN 1897 BY F & E SAUNDERS) WAS USED TO DIG CHALK & FIRE CLAY. MANAGER JAMES BATES (B6). A SECTION AT THE CHALFONT POTTERY HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS OF MOTTLED CLAY, 2.75M, ON SAND OF VARIOUS COLOURS, 6.40M, ON 0.60M OF GREENSAND (B3).

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  • <3>SBC8497 Bibliographic reference: MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1922: EXPLANATION OF SHEET 255, THE GEOLOGY AROUND BEACONSFIELD P25.
  • <6>SBC11647 Verbal communication: PEARMAN MR A (CHELSEA SPELEOLOGICAL SOC) TO PIKE A R, JUNE 1984.

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Grid reference TQ 00910 88630 (point)
Civil Parish GERRARDS CROSS, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

May 21 1990 12:00AM

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