Ceri Powell is one of our members living in Lower Chedworth, she is a PhD geologist and a keen gardener.
She has written a short article on the geology of the Chedworth Valley and how it affects our flora.
Ever wondered about the contrasts in vegetation between one side of a hill and the other … read more
This project was inspired by seeing the well at the aptly named Doveswell Cottage (by kind permission of Venetia Champniss) and wondering how did they do that? ‘That’ being a beautifully constructed and dressed stone shaft some 60 feet deep. In due course I learnt the answer… read more
Reproduced with acknowledgement by kind consent of H.M. Stationery Office
The village of Chedworth is on the side of a valley traversed by a stream which rises in springs near the church and joins the Coln at Fosse Bridge. In this valley, in the neighbourhood
THE practice of well-sinking may be properly divided into two divisions, digging or excavating being one, and steining or lining with brickwork or stone the other; in the case of hard chalk or rock, the latter operation is
