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�.. >.......*.......*.......*.......*.......*.......*.......*.......*.< �PB0 �CE SOIL TYPE IN CHIPSTEAD In order to find the soil types in Chipstead I studied a geographical map of the parish and got my infomation from there. However, I already had a rough idea of the soil type because of the varying amounts of drainage I had noticed around the parish. The map said that there were three bands of soil in Chipstead and these are marked on the map on the following page. Again, because it is not possible to keep drawing the land use map, the normal base map has been used. However, it is still simple to compare the soil types to the land use on the other map. The two maps can be seen together on the overlay mapping later on. As can be seen from the map, the clay band runs North to South roughly in the middle of the parish, surrounded by the two chalk bands. I already knew about the drainage propeties of the two types of soil - chalk lets water pass through it wheras clay tends to retain water. This can be seen by looking at the site of the ponds in Chipstead. They are all in the clay band because that is where it is the wettest. I also think that the houses in Chipstead grew up from this clay band because it was a convenient water supply. The land in the chalk bands tends to be much drier, because of the drainage propeties of the soil. The Long Plantation (see above) lies in this band and by looking at photograph C at the back you can see how dry this is - it is even called 'The Dry Valley'. The bands are actually supposed to extend further north and south, and by this it can be seen that woodland and pastoral fields are mainly in the chalk bands wheras the grassland and arable fields are mainly in the clay band. I think this is because fields for grazing don't need to be watered as much as fields for growing crops in. Housing seems to occur in both bands and I think that is because nowadays we can cope with all different types of soil for building on so it doesn't really matter. Finally, more explanations of soil type can be seen in the overlay mapping section.
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I | 000003c0 61 6c 72 65 61 64 79 20 6b 6e 65 77 20 61 62 6f |already knew abo| 000003d0 75 74 20 74 68 65 20 64 72 61 69 6e 61 67 65 20 |ut the drainage | 000003e0 70 72 6f 70 65 74 69 65 73 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 |propeties of the| 000003f0 20 74 77 6f 0d 0b 74 79 70 65 73 20 6f 66 20 73 | two..types of s| 00000400 6f 69 6c 20 2d 20 63 68 61 6c 6b 20 6c 65 74 73 |oil - chalk lets| 00000410 20 77 61 74 65 72 1a 20 70 61 73 73 20 74 68 72 | water. pass thr| 00000420 6f 75 67 68 20 69 74 20 77 68 65 72 61 73 20 63 |ough it wheras c| 00000430 6c 61 79 20 74 65 6e 64 73 0d 0b 74 6f 20 72 65 |lay tends..to re| 00000440 74 61 69 6e 20 77 61 74 65 72 2e 20 54 68 69 73 |tain water. This| 00000450 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 73 65 65 6e 20 62 79 1a | can be seen by.| 00000460 20 6c 6f 6f 6b 69 6e 67 1a 20 61 74 1a 20 74 68 | looking. at. th| 00000470 65 1a 20 73 69 74 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 0d 0b |e. site of the..| 00000480 70 6f 6e 64 73 1a 20 69 6e 1a 20 43 68 69 70 73 |ponds. in. Chips| 00000490 74 65 61 64 2e 20 54 68 65 79 20 61 72 65 20 61 |tead. They are a| 000004a0 6c 6c 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 63 6c 61 79 20 62 |ll in the clay b| 000004b0 61 6e 64 20 62 65 63 61 75 73 65 20 74 68 61 74 |and because that| 000004c0 20 69 73 0d 0b 77 68 65 72 65 20 69 74 20 69 73 | is..where it is| 000004d0 20 74 68 65 20 77 65 74 74 65 73 74 2e 20 49 20 | the wettest. I | 000004e0 61 6c 73 6f 20 74 68 69 6e 6b 20 20 74 68 61 74 |also think that| 000004f0 20 74 68 65 20 68 6f 75 73 65 73 20 69 6e 20 43 | the houses in C| 00000500 68 69 70 73 74 65 61 64 0d 0b 67 72 65 77 20 75 |hipstead..grew u| 00000510 70 20 66 72 6f 6d 1a 20 74 68 69 73 1a 20 63 6c |p from. this. cl| 00000520 61 79 1a 20 62 61 6e 64 1a 20 62 65 63 61 75 73 |ay. band. becaus| 00000530 65 1a 20 69 74 1a 20 77 61 73 20 61 20 63 6f 6e |e. it. was a con| 00000540 76 65 6e 69 65 6e 74 20 77 61 74 65 72 0d 0b 73 |venient water..s| 00000550 75 70 70 6c 79 2e 0d 0d 0b 20 20 09 54 68 65 20 |upply.... .The | 00000560 6c 61 6e 64 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 63 68 61 6c |land in the chal| 00000570 6b 20 62 61 6e 64 73 20 74 65 6e 64 73 20 74 6f |k bands tends to| 00000580 20 62 65 20 6d 75 63 68 20 64 72 69 65 72 2c 20 | be much drier, | 00000590 62 65 63 61 75 73 65 0d 0b 6f 66 1a 20 74 68 65 |because..of. the| 000005a0 1a 20 64 72 61 69 6e 61 67 65 20 70 72 6f 70 65 |. drainage prope| 000005b0 74 69 65 73 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 73 6f 69 6c |ties of the soil| 000005c0 2e 20 54 68 65 20 4c 6f 6e 67 1a 20 50 6c 61 6e |. The Long. Plan| 000005d0 74 61 74 69 6f 6e 1a 20 28 73 65 65 0d 0b 61 62 |tation. (see..ab| 000005e0 6f 76 65 29 20 6c 69 65 73 20 69 6e 20 74 68 69 |ove) lies in thi| 000005f0 73 20 62 61 6e 64 20 61 6e 64 20 62 79 20 6c 6f |s band and by lo| 00000600 6f 6b 69 6e 67 20 61 74 20 70 68 6f 74 6f 67 72 |oking at photogr| 00000610 61 70 68 20 43 20 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 62 61 63 |aph C at the bac| 00000620 6b 0d 0b 79 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 20 73 65 65 1a 20 |k..you can see. | 00000630 68 6f 77 1a 20 64 72 79 20 74 68 69 73 20 69 73 |how. dry this is| 00000640 20 2d 20 69 74 20 69 73 20 65 76 65 6e 20 63 61 | - it is even ca| 00000650 6c 6c 65 64 20 27 54 68 65 20 44 72 79 20 56 61 |lled 'The Dry Va| 00000660 6c 6c 65 79 27 2e 0d 0b 54 68 65 20 62 61 6e 64 |lley'...The band| 00000670 73 20 61 72 65 20 61 63 74 75 61 6c 6c 79 20 73 |s are actually s| 00000680 75 70 70 6f 73 65 64 1a 20 74 6f 20 65 78 74 65 |upposed. to exte| 00000690 6e 64 20 66 75 72 74 68 65 72 20 6e 6f 72 74 68 |nd further north| 000006a0 20 61 6e 64 20 73 6f 75 74 68 2c 0d 0b 61 6e 64 | and south,..and| 000006b0 20 62 79 20 74 68 69 73 20 69 74 20 63 61 6e 20 | by this it can | 000006c0 62 65 20 73 65 65 6e 20 20 74 68 61 74 20 20 77 |be seen that w| 000006d0 6f 6f 64 6c 61 6e 64 20 20 61 6e 64 20 70 61 73 |oodland and pas| 000006e0 74 6f 72 61 6c 20 66 69 65 6c 64 73 20 61 72 65 |toral fields are| 000006f0 0d 0b 6d 61 69 6e 6c 79 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 |..mainly in the | 00000700 63 68 61 6c 6b 20 62 61 6e 64 73 20 77 68 65 72 |chalk bands wher| 00000710 61 73 1a 20 74 68 65 1a 20 67 72 61 73 73 6c 61 |as. the. grassla| 00000720 6e 64 1a 20 61 6e 64 20 61 72 61 62 6c 65 20 66 |nd. and arable f| 00000730 69 65 6c 64 73 0d 0b 61 72 65 20 6d 61 69 6e 6c |ields..are mainl| 00000740 79 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 63 6c 61 79 20 62 61 |y in the clay ba| 00000750 6e 64 2e 20 49 20 74 68 69 6e 6b 20 74 68 69 73 |nd. I think this| 00000760 1a 20 69 73 1a 20 62 65 63 61 75 73 65 1a 20 66 |. is. because. f| 00000770 69 65 6c 64 73 1a 20 66 6f 72 0d 0b 67 72 61 7a |ields. for..graz| 00000780 69 6e 67 1a 20 64 6f 6e 27 74 1a 20 6e 65 65 64 |ing. don't. need| 00000790 1a 20 74 6f 1a 20 62 65 1a 20 77 61 74 65 72 65 |. to. be. watere| 000007a0 64 20 61 73 20 6d 75 63 68 20 61 73 20 66 69 65 |d as much as fie| 000007b0 6c 64 73 20 66 6f 72 20 67 72 6f 77 69 6e 67 0d |lds for growing.| 000007c0 0b 63 72 6f 70 73 20 69 6e 2e 20 48 6f 75 73 69 |.crops in. Housi| 000007d0 6e 67 20 73 65 65 6d 73 20 74 6f 20 6f 63 63 75 |ng seems to occu| 000007e0 72 20 69 6e 1a 20 62 6f 74 68 20 62 61 6e 64 73 |r in. both bands| 000007f0 20 61 6e 64 20 49 20 74 68 69 6e 6b 20 74 68 61 | and I think tha| 00000800 74 20 69 73 0d 0b 62 65 63 61 75 73 65 20 6e 6f |t is..because no| 00000810 77 61 64 61 79 73 20 77 65 20 63 61 6e 20 63 6f |wadays we can co| 00000820 70 65 20 77 69 74 68 20 61 6c 6c 20 64 69 66 66 |pe with all diff| 00000830 65 72 65 6e 74 1a 20 74 79 70 65 73 1a 20 6f 66 |erent. types. of| 00000840 20 73 6f 69 6c 20 66 6f 72 0d 0b 62 75 69 6c 64 | soil for..build| 00000850 69 6e 67 20 6f 6e 20 73 6f 20 69 74 20 64 6f 65 |ing on so it doe| 00000860 73 6e 27 74 20 72 65 61 6c 6c 79 20 6d 61 74 74 |sn't really matt| 00000870 65 72 2e 20 46 69 6e 61 6c 6c 79 2c 20 6d 6f 72 |er. Finally, mor| 00000880 65 20 65 78 70 6c 61 6e 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 0d 0b |e explanations..| 00000890 6f 66 20 73 6f 69 6c 20 74 79 70 65 20 63 61 6e |of soil type can| 000008a0 20 62 65 20 73 65 65 6e 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 | be seen in the | 000008b0 6f 76 65 72 6c 61 79 20 6d 61 70 70 69 6e 67 20 |overlay mapping | 000008c0 73 65 63 74 69 6f 6e 2e 20 0d |section. .| 000008ca