GEOLOGICAL NOTES ON A DEEP BORING NEAR SELBY

Abstract

Read November, 1907. Manuscript received, 13th December, 1907. The writer believes there has been more than one deep boring put down in the neighbourhood of the old town of Selby, but in some instances no record has been published of the results obtained, either on account of carelessness or because the undertakers of the boring wished to keep the information obtained to themselves. Fortunately, in the present instance, the owner of the land on which the boring was situated, the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Londesborough, who bore the expense of the experiment, has made no such stipulation, and as a careful record of the strata passed through in the boring was kept, the information is open to those who may be interested in such an undertaking. The results from a practical point of view are not insignificant, and from a geological standpoint most interesting. The position of the borehole can be seen by reference to the map accompanying these notes (Fig. 1). It is situated towards the south-east of the Great Plain of York on the right bank of the River Ouse, three miles east-south-east of Selby. As is well known the stratigraphy of the Plain of York is obscure, the surface being covered for the most part with alluvial drift which, although valuable and useful from a farmer’s and landowner’s standpoint, is often somewhat disconcerting to the geologist. In the immediate neighbourhood of Selby, however, two landmarks stand out, known as Brayton Barf and Hambleton Hough. These two ...