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the River Thames, which has a length within the
district of 940 yards and includes within our area
the Island known as Raven's Eyot, on the West
and partly South-West by the territory of the
Urban District Authority of Esher and The
jJittons, on the East by the Hogg's Mill River,
otherwise locally known as the Maiden River, and
by the Maidens and Coombe Urban District, and
from South-East to South-West by the country of
the Epsom Rural District.
Physical Features.—The area of the district
is roughly divided into Northern and Southern
parts by the London and South-Western Railway
which runs in a deep cutting through the entire
district from .North-East to South-West, and by
the rising ground known as Surbiton Hill, towards
which on the Northern aspect the ground slopes
upward from the level of the Rivers Thames and
Hogg's Mill, forming a ridge which extends from
Mmniedale and the parts known as Clay Hill
(now re-christened Villier's Avenue) overlooking
Kingston, to just oittside the boundary at Cock
Crow Hill within the Parish of Long Ditton. The
highest part of this ridge within our area is 118'6
feet.
Geology.—The greater part of the district is
of the Tertiary period embracing the Eocene
strata of London Clay. In the portion nearer the
river there are post-tertiary deposits of gravel
and sand, described in the geological survey as