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Southern Railway, near the siding, between Greenwich Station
and the Deptford Creek, very nearly along the line of Norman
Road, crossing the Greenwich High Road almost in line with
Egerton Drive, across Blackheath Road to the Borough boundary,
thence also following that boundary along the Deptford Creek
to the point where the boundary leaves that water, whence the line
of alluvial deposits follows roughly the contour of the River
Bank, at a distance of about one hundred and fifty yards. The
remainder of the district of St. Nicholas, not included in the
above delineation is on gravel and sand.
The gravel and sand commences eastwards at a point on the
delimiting line of the alluvium, on the north side of the Woolwich
Road, about two hundred yards westerly of Anchor and Hope
Lane; thence, for its northern margin, it follows the southern
delimiting line of the alluvium to Pelton Road, whence to Greenwich
Pier the gravel reaches along the River Bank itself, thence
again following this line right up to the boundary of the Borough
of Lewisham; for the southern delimiting line of the gravel we
pass from the point where the gravel begins on the east almost
immediately over Woolwich Road, in a direct line to the Westcombe
Park Station, thence following fairly closely the line of the
Southern Railway until Vanbrugh Hill is reached, whence it passes
to the south side of that Railway and continues in almost a
direct line to the old Greenwich Park Station premises, thence
following on to the old Blackheath Hill Station to join the northern
delimiting line near the Borough boundary.
A geological fault occurs in the gravel bed and extends in a
line running almost centrally through the whole bed as it exists
in this Borough, a somewhat narrow strip of chalk is found
running almost parallel to the Southern Railway, commencing
where that Line enters the eastern boundary of the Borough and
extending in area for about two hundred yards to the north and
south of that line, stopping at a point about four hundred yards
west of Westcombe Park Station.
A small area of chalk is found again on Blackheath Hill,
extending about five hundred yards north and south of old Blackheath
Hill Station premises and for two hundred yards east of
same. A small pocket of chalk is also found on the Southern
Railway line just east of Vanbrugh Hill.