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han and the adjoining parts of Orsett, Horndon-onthe-Hill
and Laindon Hill, Corringhhan and Fobbing.
Patches of Bagshot beds occur at Laindon Hills (the
top) and Dry Street, Fobbing. Brick Earth and
Gravel at various places. Alluvial deposit on the
whole South border of District and greater part of
the Eastern Boundary, and at Orsett and Bulphan
Fens.
The District is for the most part flat and low. The
only Hill of importance is Laindon H ills (in the North
East), 385ft. high. It is bounded on the South and
East (in great parts) by the river Thames. Bordering
the Thames are Marsh lands, varying in width
from a few yards (at Purfleet) to 1½ miles on the
South-East and East. At the North edge of the
Marshes the land rises to a height of 100ft. or so,
the greater part of the District being a table-land,
which gradually falls to the North.
Chief Physical
Features
The chief supply of the district is derived from
the South-Essex Water Company. The mains supply
Tilbury Docks, Little Thurrock, West Thurrock,
Stifford, Aveley, South and North Ockendon, Stanford-le-Hope,
and Horndon-on-the-Hill. The wells
are situated one at Grays in the chalk pits, and one
(recently purchased) at Linford, Mucking, supplying
Stanford-le-Hope and having mains laid to Horndonon-the-Hill
and also along the road from Linford to
Grays, connecting with Grays near the cemetery.
The mains laid to Horndon-on-the-Hill for the last
year and a half are now supplied with water from
Linford well. At Linford a second large well has
been dug down into the chalk and there is an abundance
of good water in it, pumps, &c., are now fixed,
and a main laid from it across Mucking Heath to
come out into the high road at the junction of the
road from Orsett to Chadwell-St.-Mary with the
road leading from Stanford-le-Hope to Grays, at
Orsett Cock, passing then along the county road,
Water Supply