I.—Geological Survey Memoirs on Water Supply. 1.The Water Supply of Hampshire (including the Isle of Wight), with Records of Sinkings and Borings. By William Whitaker B.A., F.R.S., with contributions by H. R. Mill LL.D., W. Matthews M.Inst.C.E., and J. C. Thresh M.D., 8vo; pp. v, 252, with two maps. Price 5s. - 2.The Water Supply of Oxfordshire, with Records of Sinkings and Borings. By R. H. Tiddeman M.A., F.G.S., with contributions by H.R. Mill LL.D. 8vo; pp. iv, 108 with map. Price 2s. 3d.

1910 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 368-369
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
Geological Survey ◽  
Isle Of Wight

VII.—The Extent of the Hempstead Beds in the Isle of Wight

1887 ◽  
Vol 4 (11) ◽  
pp. 510-511 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clement Reid
Keyword(s):  
Geological Survey ◽  
Isle Of Wight

Owing to the impossibility of making an accurate Survey of many of the flatter and Drift-covered portions of England, in the absence of sections, the light boring tools so extensively used by the Geological Survey of Belgium have been experimentally tried during the last few months in the Isle of Wight. The results arrived at are of so much interest that the Director has requested me to draw up this preliminary notice.The Hempstead Beds, which were thought to be confined to the outlier at Hempstead Cliff and another of unknown extent in Parkhurst Forest, prove to be much more important, indeed they occupy about half the Tertiary area of the Isle of Wight.

The Plans of a New Asylum for East Sussex

1900 ◽  
Vol 46 (195) ◽  
pp. 673-688
Author(s):  
H. Hayes Newington
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
County Council ◽  
Western Boundary ◽  
The South ◽  
Railway Station ◽  
Efficient System ◽  
Isle Of Wight ◽  
The North ◽  
General Contour ◽  
Suitable Site

When East Sussex determined a year or two back to build an asylum for its sole use, a Visiting Committee, appointed for the purpose, was fortunate enough to find in the centre of the county a suitable estate which the County Council purchased. It is situated at Hellingly, a village about nine miles north of Eastbourne. The area is four hundred acres, compact, as you will see on the plan, having within 400 yards of its western boundary a railway station which we propose to connect with the main asylum by a full gauge tramway. It slopes gently upwards from the south towards the north, where it attains its highest level of about 130 feet above the sea. The subsoil is most favourable, being, with the exception of two patches of clay, of a sandy or gravelly nature. The water supply is adequate, and the general contour lends itself readily to an efficient system of drainage, which will be bacterial. The views are excellent, extending to the sea and the south downs. It would be difficult to find a more suitable site for an asylum. A sub-committee was authorised to travel about the country to inspect other asylums, I being appointed its chairman. We visited the Hartwood, Lenzie, Gartloch, Hawkhead, Cheddleton, Burntwood, Glamorgan, Dorchester, Isle of Wight, and Chichester Asylums.

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