Table of the Localities of the Drifts of the Valley of the Severn and adjoining District, with their heights above the SEA.
Upper Series, ranging from 800 feet to 300 feet above the level of the sea.
Localities. Approximate Height above sea- level. Height above the river.
Burton, near Much Wenlock, Salop
- Willey Park, near Broseley
- Strethill, near Ironbridge
ft. 800 460 300
ft. 780 360 200
Lower Series, ranging from 300 feet to about 50 feet above sea-level.
- Frankwell, Shrewsbury
Berrington, Salop
- Leighton, near Buildwas, Salop
- Buildwas
- St. James's Pits, Bridgnorth
- Quat, near Bridgnorth
Spring Grove, Bewdley
Railway-cutting, near Bewdley
(Mount Pleasant, near Bewdley)
Burlish. Common, Stourport
Hartlebury Common
Hawford Bridge
Barbourn, Worcester
- Northwick, Worcester
Perdswell, Worcester
- Bromwich Hill, Worcester
Road-cutting, Langham Brook
Cutting of Worcester and Hereford Railway
- Powick, near Worcester
Two cuttings on the Leominster Railway
- Kempsey, near Worcester
Pisham Ferry
- Fleet's Bank, Sandlin, near Malvern
Clifton, near Worcester
- Upton-on-Severn (Railway Station)
Tunnel Hill, Upton-on-Severn
Ripple, near Tewkesbury
Pull Court, Tewkesbury
__ Great Malvern (Railway Hotel)
280 130 250 100 260 160 270 170 250 170 220 140 250 140 250 140 300 190 150 90 94 35 98 50 100 52 90 40 90 45 86 36 95 45 110 70 80 55 rieo 1 120 135 115 57 25 55 23 270 220 60 25 63 25 100 70 60 30 180 150 270 240
Fluviatile Series, ranging from 150 feet to 30 feel above sea-level.
Modern alluvium, with underlying beds of gravel and sand, containing freshwater mussels.
