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Earth." This extends from the line of the river up
to the railway and then stretches down the Claremont
Road to the Kingston Boundary. Fossils
have been discovered occasionally, but not in any
quantity. In the clay there have been found round
stones or boulders with iron stained crystals and
deposits of crystalline gypsum.
In the Chessington portion of the District the
soil is entirely London Clay, undulating considerably.
SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
The district is a residential one. It is situate
on the banks of the River Thames, but with a considerable
portion of it on hill ground at a height
of from 100 to 120 feet above ordnance datum.
A very large proportion of the adult residents
here are engaged in business in London, for access
to which the facilities offered by the Southern Railway
by both steam and electric trains, and by bus
services, are not surpassed in the case of any similar
extra metropolitan district. There is also an
efficient and adequate service of buses and trolley
tramways connecting with most of the adjoining
districts.
There are a few factories and workshops, and
of the workers engaged at these the majority are
resident within the district.
Surbiton is a residential neighbourhood, and the
trade is mainly that which exists for the needs of
the residents, a very large proportion of whom
travel to and from London daily. The added area
of Chessington is rural in character and the majority
of its residents are engaged in agricultural pursuits.