TRaw mapping data from Newbald

Geological Fieldwork Techniques course

and Hull Geological Society field meetings

tutor: Mike Horne FGS*

for the Centre for Life Long Learning

University of Hull

raw locality data from North Newbald mapping project.

(You will have to decide whether you trust this information!)

[with apologies for any bad spelling]

21st February 2002 (Mike & Annie)

911 366 - street name "The Mires"

909 368 - behind Village Hall (beware nettles) - rabbit hole = brown sandy soil.

908 369 - field behind - soil stony - pink chalk

908 369 - Cemetery - brown/yellow sandy soil

ca. 904 361 - Cliffe Road - at bend in road - change in slope at just past 48m spot height - soil brown sandy.

soil in distance looks red

907 369 - rabbit burrow brings up oolite

9095 3610 - stream section at SSSI - springs

9115 3620 - rockery at back of Hallgarth House contains Kellaways 'doggers'

917 371 - note change of slope

May 2002 (class mapping) [GPS by Paul] -

9203 3640 - Church mostly shelly Oolite. Dry stone walls to churchyard is Oolite

909 367 - on building site I was told by the owner - "pipe trench in sandy soil, but at 1m depth hit large 2m dia boulder and had to go round it"

9112 3625 - opposite new house - pile of orange/yellow sand containing internal cast of Gryphaea bilobata

9105 3620 - Mill House (clue in name) + chalk in ploughed field.

9128 3559 - side of track - Kellaways Rock and lump of grey clay.

9131 3554 - pile of sand on sandy soil with sandstone pieces and Gryphaea bilobata fossils

9120 3560 - former pit used as a fishing pond

ca 9140 3550 &c.- was told by owner of nearby house - "old pits had problems with water at the bottom"

9133 3538 - very sandy soil at base of hedge

908367 - orange sandy soil on verge - perhaps from recent trench

907 380 - Cemetery sandy soil with orange lumps

9098 3675 - corner of Galegate and Westgate - large boulder = Kellaways 'dogger'

ca 912 369 - exposure in field Red Chalk and ? lydian pebbles

913 370 - Dot Hill - Gryphaea arcuata, Red Chalk, Oolite, Chalk and flints; soil not sandy.

9135 3705 to 9135 3710 - Stuart found Gryphaea bilobata and Kellaways belemnite

9th June 2002 (Mike & Annie).

9140 3705 - deep section in a bank cut beside a house (perhaps to create space for a garage). Looks like :- 50cm soil, 75cm chalky clay subsoil, > 1.5m orange sands and gravels. thicknesses approximate, not closely inspected.

9125 3620 - orange-brown sand in corner of Playing Field.

9145 3705 - School Rise - new development - chalky gravel in soil of building site. Unable to get access to site.

913 364 - new houses behind Church Mount - spoil heaps include chalky gravel and blue/grey clay (sample taken). Builder says that in one corner of site foundations went through 3m of clay and no sand was found at base.

915 367 - corner opposite Townend Road - small amount of red clay and red chalk in bank on side of road .

915 366 - opposite 18 Townend Road - red chalk in roadside bank, below road salt container. There is a change of slope going downhill here.

April 2004 (Mike & Annie)

9097 3684 - western end of Townside Road - pieces of oolite, sandstone and brick in side of verge - ? not in situ.

9121 3697 - field ploughed recently - chalk & flint in soil - could be chalky hill wash.

9122 3700 - eastern edge of field - chalk and red chalk in soil. walked up hill to 9118 3706 red chalk becoming scarce.

905 374 (approx. - observed from distance) - change of soil colour in ploughed field - brown down-slope; chalky up-slope.

9086 3822 going downhill - starting to find pieces of red chalk in soil.

9092 3840 - red patches and pieces of red chalk in soil . ca 30m to north up definite pink patches on slope below white bits.

9118 3869 - no red chalk.

9426 3936 (under electricity wires) - large pieces of tabular flint in field.

9336 3946 - red fine grained sandstone erratic pebble.

7th May 2005 (class mapping)

GPS by Brian-

SE91545 36808 - soil at base of road sign chalky. opposite 30mph sign

91781 36827 - change of slope - gets less steep up hill. Flint and Chalk in field.

91514 36813 - soil at base of road sign contains Chalk and Inoceramid fossil (collected) ?Mytilloides labiatus?.

91499 36845 - Grit Bin - a lot of Red Chalk in soil

91480 36887 - brown layered clay in situ - sample collected.

91305 36971 - Red Chalk in corner of field.

9145 3697 - lots of flint gravel in soil stretching for quite an area to east - also Oyster shells, old glass and pottery nearby in field (? Archaeology).

ca 921 371 - broken ground - thought by some of group to be disused quarry

GPS by Mike -

East end of Cemetery - orange sandstone in soil and dug up.

9073 3676 - sandy soil on corner

9047 3674 - slope increases slightly going downhill to west. Oolite in farm track.

9068 3976 - Oolite in soil

by Gordon, Geoff & Tony -

906 365 - filled in quarry

905 364 - black soil in field beside footpath

912 364 - Church built of Oolite

909 366 - Medieval pottery

907 368 - "red sand" on surface - Kelloways

915 368 - yellowish soil

910 365 - black soil with some red - beside stream ?excavation?

909 365 - augered - red sandy soil

909 366 - augered - brown soil

909 366 - augered - red soil

by Bryony, David and Noel -

On footpath up to Dot Hill - chalk and flint at the bottom; white chalk and red chalk half way up; cleaner chalk further up (ca 912 370 to 911 372)

[Fred Crossley - mapped separately a week later - coordinates approximate - taken from map]

9145 3685 - Red Chalk seen here

921 370 - fossil bivalve found in field

9150 3695 - scatter of oolite in field - interpreted as Medieval building remains

9145 3690 - outcop of clay discovered by roadside

913 368 - sandstone boulders in stream bed and gardens

913 355 - quarry: gravelly sand overlying oolite

910 357 - oolite surface scatter on building site

912 363 - clay found in post hole

9125 3595 - sample of soil - 40% clay, 30% silt, 30% fine sand

906 356 - fine chalk gravel in river bed

general observations of areas -

ca 907 367 - unconsolidated sand

ca 905 367 - oolite scatter in fields

ca 904 367 - clay soil

ca 903 367 - sandy undulating - suggests ancient dunes

ca 907 362 - fine sand without pebbles

ca 907 358 - coarser sand

ca 910 361 - coarser sand

ca 908 357 - clay

ca 907 355 - sandy

ca 914 358 - Chalk without flints

ca 917 358 - hard Chalk with flints

ca 916 368 - chalk no flints

ca 919 368 - hard chalk and flints

ca 917 373 - chalk in fields with flints

ca 917 371 - peat

ca 918 371 - silty clay

ca 908 367 - sandy

ca 908 365 - sand, no oolite

ca 900 364 - oolite scatter in fields

ca 921 372 - broken ground

Some records from the fieldwork 31/5/2008

Note - recommend rounding 10 figure NGR GPS readings to 8 figure.

Everyone -

• red chalk beside edge of road SE91465 36792 GPS
• opposite side of road red soil and pieces of red chalk 91472 36804 GPS; slope gets steeper
• white chalk at side of bank 91531 36806
• mix of grey and red chalk in soil 91496 36848; change in slope
• continues down road to - red chalk in sandy soil 91485 36872

Gareth, Mike, and Ros -

• Bottom end of Town End Road - lots of nettles growing and stream running under road and end of slope - road to village green level. ca 915371
• Note - from ca 916 371 looking south - rape in field opposite road, but not on lowest bit. Willow growing in valley.
• Edge of Becksies Nature reserve - horsetails growing well - implies wet and acidic soil. ca 917372
• Heading due south along field boundary ca 917371 - soil with gravelly broken chalk very pale flint
• Changes at 91764 36962
• Soil becomes more chalk at top of field - larger pieces, fewer flints, very white chalk, Flint is grey.
• Continuing around field boundary anticlockwise.
• 92030 37000 corner of field white chalk with grey flint.
• 91978 37108 chalky gravelly soil
• 91961 37166 chalky flinty gravel 1-2 cm dia; this is the bottom of the hill.
• No red chalk seen in the field.
• Observed on opposite side of valley -- track way is white ca 917373.

Ian, Mike, Nina & Rod -

• 90984 36795 near litter bin, orange fine-grained sandstone in bank
• 90853 36753 sandy soil > 60cm deep
• 90906 36688 middle of foundation trench for new house - broen/orange sand under 20cm soil. Local resident says "no fossils in this sand here but to south of the village there are large ammonites in the sand." Also "there was an old sand quarry here". Area to west of these long foundations (ca 20m long) was levelled previously.
  

Bruce, Mike, Rodney and Stuart. (augering) -

• 90936 35672 entry to field - yellowish clayey soil with oolite pieces, grey/yellow clay at 60cm deep
• 90874 35592 yellow-orange clay at 60cm; soft oolite below; oolite flint and erratics in topsoil.
• 90765 35531 no limestone in soil; yellow clayey sand at 60cm.
• 90696 35515 brown sandy topsoil; brown-yellow sand at 80cm
• 90533 35455 brown topsoil with oolite; this is higher ground; good brown stony soil at 70cm.

Bruce, Rodney and Stuart.-

• ca 91253705 - 20cm topsoil, then 25cm yellow clay
• ca 909365 - 20cm topsoil, then yellow sand with flint.

Ian, Nina and Rod -

Notes- Most of these locations are beside roads or tracks except building site, fields and cemetery. Unless otherwise stated the grid references are taken from the map rather than GPS.

• Stream through village. 9123 3674
• Rock on village green, dark brown in colour measures approx 1m diameter. 9125 3671
• Auger sample shows dark sandy soil to a depth of 12.5cm, sounds gravelly as auger goes in. After 12.5cm the auger is unable to penetrate further. 9158 3679
• Stream at the bottom of the slope. Attempted auger here but only found stream silt. 9141 3696
• Old looking barn also made from oolitic and shelly limestone. 9126 3681
• Building on green dated 1846 made from oolitic and shelly limestone. 9125 3675
• Flat road with stream running alongside it (only disappears under roads) at side of road is dark sandy soil. Water in the stream runs to the west. 9118 3672
• Many houses and stone walls are made of oolitic and shelly limestone along this road. 9113 3670
• Sandy soil at the side of the road near the stream. 9109 3669
• Galegate. This road runs northwards with a gentle uphill climb. It is a built up area and as such it was hard to see any soil not covered in wood bark etc. The few areas not covered are dark sandy soil. 9107 3671
• The junction with Galegate Mews. Exposed soil in a garden shows dark sandy soil with white oolitic and shelly limestone fragments and a few small pieces of chalk. Just past this is a new house being built the owner tells us using oolitic and shelly limestone from the Cotswolds as local limestone is now unavailable. This limestone looks identical to the local stone. 9104 3674
• Junction with Westgate. Here the sand is reddish and contains oolitic limestone from < 1mm to 10cm in length. A barn conversion at this junction is also built from oolitic and shelly limestone. 9101 3678
• GPS SE 9098 3680. Shelly limestone outcrop measures 1m2 but appears to extend under the road. The limestone fizzes on contact with acid and contains numerous shell fragments from very tiny up to 1cm in length. Northwards and up a slope 2m from the limestone the auger goes to a depth of 10cm, 13m northwards up the slope the auger also only penetrates to a depth of 10cm before hitting a hard area. To a depth of 10cm is dark sandy soil.
• Sandstone “dogger” from out of the Kellaways, does not fizz on contact with acid and no fossils are identified. Lies 2m west from the limestone described at last locality. 9089 3675
• Bank to side of limestone outcrop 22 has pieces of sandstone, very fine grained red Kellaways Rock which crumbles easily and limestone. There is also brick rubble here – a local man told us the site behind here was once a rubbish tip. 9095 3679
• GPS 9100 3679 south of the limestone in 22 is another area of limestone, this is separated from the limestone in 22 by the road. Fizzes on contact with acid. No fossils are found in the limestone but one loose piece of shell fragment is seen. A local man who has lived in Newbald for 75 years says a sheep pen was once at this site and was constructed from stone.
• Westgate heading west along a moderate uphill incline, many houses and walls are constructed from oolitic and shelly limestone. 9095 3674
• GPS 9085 3675. Field – auger is easy to drill, drilled to a depth of 12 inches where the sandy soil just started to have a reddish tinge to it.
• Foundations of a house being built away from the road. Top soil was dark and sandy the bottom of the trench was red Kellaways Sand. House owner says he once found a large ammonite at this site. 9085 3669
• Heading west along Westgate still with a moderate incline the hedge bottoms are all loose dark sandy soil, boreholes along the road show only the same dark sandy soil. 9069 3673
• Top of the incline. A new drain showed an area around it that contains Limestone and red chalk pieces that may have been from the hole. There was also some new looking brick pieces perhaps left from the lining of the drain. The surrounding land has dark sandy soil. Talking to a very old farmer he says that the 2 fields between this location and the quarry to the south were also quarried during the 2nd world war. He believed the sand and stone removed was used to build St Marys church in Beverley. The field nearest the lane is known as “Grassbits Field” and was used as a motor bike track as it contained massive humps and hollows left over from the quarrying. The field now appears flat, so if it was quarried has now been covered over. 9059 3674
• Field – contains dark loose sand with oolitic limestone fragments (approx 3% per m2). Limestone fragments range from < 1mm to up to 10cm in length. 9043 3671
• Road side near cemetery entrance – dark sandy soil. 9069 3678
• Cemetery – Some old graves appear to be made of granite (large whitish crystals with black and silver mica) Some are possibly marble (white but rough to touch due to weathering) and a lot are made of sandstone. Many of the sandstone headstones appear to be reddish in places, most of the old sandstone inscriptions have weathered away, but one of the oldest is dated 1919. 9074 3684
• Field to northeast of cemetery – dark loose sand with a small amount of limestone and a lot of chalk pieces up to 2cm. The field has obviously been worked by machinery therefore the stones may have been broken mechanically and brought to the surface. No exposures could be seen. 9074 3691
• Field to the east of the cemetery. Loose sand with limestone and chalk pieces. A borehole here found reddish sand. The field dips in the middle. 9079 3688
• Path to the rear of the Village Hall. This path dips very steeply – this may be due to the rubbish tip that may once have been here and is supposed to go back as far as the trees/field. 9087 3683

Mapping by Gareth and Ros -

• 915372 to 923373 field at south of T junction - covered boreholes for Yorkshire Water. Suggesting chalk bedrock; 'potable water,direct contact zone' unimproved grassland; unimproved land to reduce risk of pollution of drinking water; flat at bottom of slope.
• 922372 east wards (field south of previous field) - very steep slope w-e. Flatter ridge accentuated by belt of cowparsley

Journey eastwards along Beverley Rd (north side) -

• 914370 farm adjacent to road - local Oolitic Limestone as building stone: historically local houses were made from local materials. This area is fortunate in having a local stone which could be quarried near the village
• 915371 - steep slope behind school; buildings are confined to area away from stream (and less liable to flood) and south of where valley side rises steeply.
• near Springfield: grass verge north side of road - long bed of stones (man made)in area with gentle slope: stones suggest a soakaway into the imperious soil/rock, to alleviate problems of flooding on the road.
• around 916371 Springfield (opposite nature reserve) - spring - indicating junction chalk and impervious rock. slope from road, 7-10 degrees then plateau.
• In hedgebottom east of Springfield - molehills: silty soil (molehills often indicate lighter soil, which is easier to dig.)
• ca 919375 Fields behind Becks Farm - dry valley N-S direction. Some white patches in western arable field and east of farm, near road - suggesting thin chalk soil; scrubby land on steeper valley sides. Arable on lower slopes and valley bottom. Ridge to west of valley is not apparent on east or further east.
• 921371 northwards, Eastern field boundary -thin soil, white chalk, some flint in field of wheat. change of slope steeper in north of field.
• 921373 T junction - left hand road steepens further north and the right hand road is fairly flat.

Journey eastwards along Eastgate and Townside Road (north) eastwards

• ca 912371 pathway north to Dot Hill - white chalk and flints throughout area. Small red chalk rocks about 1/3 way up for perhaps 3 metres. Exposure of red chalk, but the location of actual bed may have been distorted by ploughing. Steep slope.
• 911372 northwards, track north of farm drive - white chalk with grey flints in fields. Track:small gravelly chalk, 1 -2 cm. Arable: peas to west,and wheat further north. gentle slope to west, before steep drop approx 909374. Western edge of scarp slope.

East from Dot Hill track

• 913370 field entrance, with large field stretching approx 300m east (though subdivided) - chalk gravel. Change of slope at northern field boundary. Livestock, horses and cattle. mixed pastureland, some looks v fertile, others scruffy .
• northeastwards from 913371 - Distinct steep ridge e-w. Ridge appears thicker in east. Ridge could be associated with side of dry valley, possibly a different bed of rock. Change of slope at field boundary. Arable, appears more fertile than lower field, but perhaps it has had applications of fertilizer.
• ca 917373 - Observed from opposite side of valley - track way is white.
• ca 919375 looking east from field entrance - Ridge looks to disappear in fields behind Becks Farm. Possibly erosion of small dry valley flowing N-S has eroded and obliterated ridge. (OS map suggests slightly less steep ridge east of the dry valley).
• 913370 Townside Rd - sandy wash in roadside
• 914370 Springbank (road) - steep slope close behind houses. Name suggests spring, possibly base of chalk close to 45m contour.
• 914371 School Rise (north side corner of Townend Rd) - steep slope (10 degrees) up to a small ridge with new houses. New build houses - difficult to see soil in gardens, but apppears chalky. Question - what will the effect be of the housing and therefore increased runoff on nearby area of crossroads and stream?!

Dennis, Tony & Tracy (using GPS and auger)

• 9125 3634 - flat playing field
• 9123 3629 sandy soil - cream bits of limestone (tested with acid) 50cm
• 9119 3619 well ca 4m deep
• gradual slope up to -
• 9131 3618 - field boundary - sandy soil
• 9133 3617 plateau for 18m. 20cm sandy soil with chalk pebbles for 20cm, then clayey dandy soil with chalk bits
• 9134 3618 steeper slope up to 9143 3619 then levels out flat by 9157 3619
• 9134 3618 - sandy soil with white flaky chalk
• 9136 3619 sandy soil with white flaky chalk
• 9141 3619 pale sandy soil with higher concentration of chalk, chalk becomes more prominent deeper
• 9143 3619 sandy soil to 40cm deep, then pale sandy soil with higher concentration of chalk
• 9145 3619 pale sandy soil with higher concentration of chalk for 20cm chalk pebbles or bedrock at 30cm
• 9149 3618 pale sandy soil with higher concentration of chalk for 20cm then chalk
• 9157 3619 pale sandy soil with higher concentration of chalk for 40cm then chalk
• 9158 3609 pale sandy soil with higher concentration of chalk for 10cm then chalk
• 9145 3609 pale sandy soil for 50cm then crumbly chalk
• 9131 3609 sandy soil for 40cm then clayey soil to 60cm
• 9131 3629 spring
• 9119 3617 sandy soil to 20cm then becomes more sandy
• 9121 3619 sandy soil to 15cm then redder to 20cm, piece of limestone at 40cm, then more clayey and ginger to 60cm
• 9122 3613 slight rise. 5cm dark sandy soil, then redder soil
• 9122 3608 sandy soil to 40cm then redder
• 9122 3597 dip in field here. Sandy soil to 20cm but cannot auger deeper.

7th May 2011 - Mike & Annie

9151236787 - gateway - pink & white chalk.

9152136784 - opposite corner on verge - grey chalk.

9149136732 - 1 m uphill from "SLOW" on road - pink chalk

9147636787 - change in slope

opposite no. 18 Townend Road - red chalk in bank

opposite no. 10 Townend Road - field entrance - soil is darker and less chalk than that up the slope.

909368 Village Hall - bank in northeast corner - samll exposure of pale sand. Also a lot of old broken glass and china in eastern bank - could this have been an old tip in an old quarry? (confirmed later by local resident that this was the village dump until 1973 ).

910367 - corner leading to Village Hall car park - large Kellaways Dogger with belemnite

90806 36748 - bank in lane leading to barn - yellow sand dug out by rabbits

908366 - "Sands Top Farm" - clue in name?

909366 - field - soil very sandy and orange-brown in colour

910365 - "Willow Beck Cottage" and "Mires Farm House" - clues in names?

26th June 2011 (Cathy Crawford, Graham Kings, Jan Harrison, Mike, Tabitha Dingler, Tony Felski)

SE 91326 36734. Stones in house wall made of oolitic limestone, sandstone with shell fragments.

SE 91395 36781. Houses along Bargate, flint in garden soil and pink fine grained rock that fizzes with acid.

SE 91493 36793. Piece of red fine grained rock that fizzes in acid, found in road side verge at bottom of slope.

SE 91533 36798. Pieces of crumbly sandstone and fine grained white rock that fizzes in acid found in roadside verge.

SE 91494 36849. Fine grain red rock found in soil.

SE 91478 36902. Flint found in soil.

SE 91435 36983. Stream flowing over impervious base.

SE 91379 37040. Sandy soil in roadside verge.

SE 91014 36823. Very sand soil in road side verge. Sand in gutter by side of road.

SE 90996 36785. Boulder or outcrop of hard sandstone by side of road. Same exposure on opposite side of road, but with fossil shells visible.

SE 90920 36847. Village hall, pale yellow, fine sand exposed in side of bank.

SE 90734 36505. Old quarry with three distinct beds. Medium oolitic limestone with shell fragments at base, fine oolitic limestone above and fine yellow sand on top. At SE 90733 36488 strike 320/dip 06 to north east. SE 90755 36553 Sands Top Farm, SE 90755 36744 Sands Top House.

SE 91129 36681. Stream flowing through area called The Mires.

SE 91386 36322. North of football pitch the soil is black and wet.

SE 91391 36188. Steep hill with slope facing west. Pieces of white chalk around rabbit burrows.

SE 91489 36143 Obelisk of pink concrete in middle of field. From here there is a good view of area. Also changes of slope in this field.

Housing estate on road South Newbald Road is called "Ings Road".

SE9106 3664 "Mires Farmhouse" has subsidence affecting the windows and there are willows opposite it.

SE 91216 36303 beyond metal gate into property thick blocks of rock in garden

SE 91221 36295 block of sandstone

SE 910367 - triangular patch of ground in road near Village Hall car park - in situ rock containing large Gryphaea fossil oyster.

Freeman’s/Longfield Cottage are on the site of Sand quarries (Westgate) information received by Jan

Saturday 3rd August 2019 - Hull Geological Society Meeting - Alice, Angela, Annie, Chris, Dave, Graham, Mary, Mike, Rod and Rodger

GPS Data provided by Graham Evans -

91531-36805  white chalk, sandstone

91493-36871 contour 51m red chalk

91512-37032 contour 41m wet area oposite side of road , sandy soil in verge

91387-37040 contour 44m white chalk

91224-37014 contour 50m white chalk, red chalk, belemnite found in field corner

91195-37049 contour 54m red chalk not evident

91019-36830 contour 40m orange/brown sandstone with flecks of mica

90990-36799 contour 41m pale yellowy sandy pile in verge

90993-36789 contour 40m hard yellow sandstone boulder with belemnite embedded and some shell fragments

Observation by Mike -

ca 909 366 ( on footpath from the quarry to the village in 3rd field of 3, half way along the southern hedge) orange sand exposed by animal burrowing. 

* Honorary Research Fellow, Geology Department, University of Hull

  copyright Mike Horne - 2019

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