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PHYSICAL AND GEOLOGICAL FEATURES.
The surface generally is gently undulating, flatter in the
southern and more thickly inhabited portions, but rising to a
higher elevation in the more northern parts. Ilford is situated
on the London clay, but this only comes to the surface as a
narrow strip running almost due East and West through the
middle of the district. In addition, there is a large patch
to the North-West, as exemplified in the names Clayhall and
Claybury.
There is a large square area of brick-earth lying roughly
in the angle between the junction of the Romford Road with
the Ilford Lane, extending down the Romford Road nearly
as far as St. Mary's Church, and down Ilford Lane nearly to
Uphall Farm.
The rest of the subsoil is gravel.