Site Records

Site Name: Emmer Green (Hanover) South Chalk Mine

Jct. Peppard Road & Kiln Lane
Emmer Green
Reading, Berks
OS Grid Ref: SU722769

Sub Brit site visit 2nd November 2003

REFERENCES:

• ANON, 1977, Huge hole found under homes site. Reading Evening Post, 5 May 1977.
• ANON, 1977, 'Secrets' rot away down the mines at Emmer Green. Reading Chronicle, 30 September 1977, page 3.
• ANON, 1982, 'Black Hole' becomes a right royal mystery. Reading Chronicle, 6 August 1982.
• ANON, 1982, Geologists seek out 'black hole' secrets. Reading Chronicle, 30 July 1982, page 5.
• ANON, 1991, Crack shot. New Civil Engineer, 24 January 1991, page 29.
• BARBER, Martyn, David FIELD, and Peter TOPPING, 1999, The Neolithic flint mines of England. English Heritage / Royal Commission Historical Monuments (England): xiv + 95pp [ISBN 1-873592-41-8]
• BLAKE, J.H., W. WHITAKER, and H.W. MONCKTON, 1903, The geology of the country around Reading. Memoir Geological Survey: 91pp
• CARTER, H.H., 1979, Mining for chalk. Reading Naturalist 31, 16 - 17.
• EDMONDS, C.N., 2001, Subsidence hazard in Berkshire in areas underlain by Chalk karst. IN: James S. GRIFFITHS (edr), Land surface evaluation for engineering practice. Geological Society of London Engineering Geology Special Publication 18, 97 - 106 [ISBN.]
• HUDLESTON, W.H., 1876, Excursion to Reading - June 3rd, 1876. Proc. Geologists' Association 4(8), 519 - 523 [Caversham, Coley, and Katesgrove were visited]
• HUNT, R., 1860, Mining records. Mineral statistics. Mineral statistics of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Being Part II. for 1858. Memoir Geological Survey, pages 61 - 62.
• JUKES-BROWNE, A.J., and W. HILL, 1904, The Cretaceous rocks of Britain. III. The Upper Chalk of England. Memoir Geological Survey (pages 217 - 218)
• MATHERS, S.J., and N.J.P. SMITH, 2000, Geology of the Reading district - a brief explanation of the geological map Sheet 268 Reading. British Geological Survey: ii + 30pp [ISBN 0-85272-362-8]
• MONCKTON, H.W., and O.A. SHRUBSOLE, 1905, Excursion to Reading and Caversham, Saturday, May 13th, 1905. Proc. Geologists' Association 19(3), 135 - 137.
• MOORE, D.M., 2000, Earthquake worry! Reading Evening Post, 19 June 2000.
• NORTH, Leslie, 1986, The history of Surley Row. Reading Chronicle, 11 April 1986.
• ORMONDE, Margaret, 2003, Emmer Green past and present from estate hamlet to village to suburb. 2nd edn. Reading: Emmer Green Residents' Association / Map Reading: 120pp [The date for the first kiln is given as 1654 on page 18 but 1645 on page 87][ISBN 0-9534436-6-3]
• PARLIAMENTARY GAZETTEER, 1842, The Parliamentary gazetteer of England and Wales. 1840-4. Glasgow: A. Fullarton & Co. [This 12 part work, despite its title, was a commercial not a governmental publication]
• PEAKE, A.E., 1913, An account of a flint factory, with some new types of flints, excavated at Peppard Common, Oxfordshire. Archaeological Journal 70, 33 - 68.
• PEARMAN, Harry, 1982, Emmer Green chalk mines - Berks. Records Chelsea Speleological Soc. 11, 34 - 36 [Includes two sketch plans]
• PEARMAN, Harry, 1991, Emmer Green, Berkshire - chalk mines. Newsl. Kent Underground Research Group 31, 1 - 2.
• PLOT, Robert, 1705, The natural history of Oxfordshire, being an essay towards a natural history of England [It should be noted that this edition of this work by Robert Plot [1640 - 1696] was published posthumously, having been first published in 1677; it should be determined, therefore, if brickmaking at or near Emmer Green was referred to in the earlier edition, or can be ascribed to subsequent note by the author or subsequent additions by a later hand]
• QUARRY MANAGERS' JOURNAL LTD, 1933, The directory of quarries, clayworks, sand and gravel pits, &c. 5th edn. Quarry Managers' Journal Ltd, page 74.
• QUARRY MANAGERS' JOURNAL LTD, 1943 / 44, The directory of quarries, clayworks, sand and gravel pits, &c. 10th edn. Quarry Managers' Journal Ltd, pages 44 and 198 [This is dated 1943/44 on the front cover, but 1944/45 on the title-page]
• QUARRY MANAGERS' JOURNAL LTD, 1951, The directory of quarries, clayworks, sand and gravel pits, &c. 12th edn. 1950 - 51. Quarry Managers' Journal Ltd.
• SHEPHERD, Robert, 1980, Prehistoric mining and other industries. London: Academic Press: xii + 272pp [ISBN 0-12-639480-6]
• WHITAKER, William, H.W. BRISTOW, and T. McK. HUGHES, 1872, The geology of the London Basin. Part 1. Memoir Geological Survey, page 202.

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