Geology Site Account
London Borough of Redbridge, WANSTEAD, Parish Pit, TQ419870
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Just north of the City of London Cemetery a gravel pit called the Parish Pit was in existence in the late nineteenth century next to the parish sewage farm. The pit was described as having ‘a very good section’ through the Thames gravel and there are records of two Palaeolithic flint hand-axes being found here. The area is situated on the Lynch Hill/Corbets Tey Terrace and the gravel of this terrace is thought to have been laid down by the Thames about 300,000 years ago (Marine Isotope Stages 10-8).
Reference: Monckton 1893
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Locate Parish Pit on map
Just north of the City of London Cemetery a gravel pit called the Parish Pit was in existence in the late nineteenth century next to the parish sewage farm. The pit was described as having ‘a very good section’ through the Thames gravel and there are records of two Palaeolithic flint hand-axes being found here. The area is situated on the Lynch Hill/Corbets Tey Terrace and the gravel of this terrace is thought to have been laid down by the Thames about 300,000 years ago (Marine Isotope Stages 10-8).
The west part of the site is now occupied by allotments on the west side and the former Redbridge (Southern) Sewage Works on the east side. The old sewage works site has been reclaimed as a public open space and became part of Epping Forest in 1994.
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Reference: Monckton 1893
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