Author name: Richard Clarke

The extract from Robert Morden’s map of the East Riding published 1695, see above, makes the point clearly (s.p.b.). A series of rivers in central Holderness flowed west-south-west to become tributaries of the River Hull even though the sources of these rivers were close to the coastline. In south Holderness a series of streams flowed […]

It follows from what was stated at the end of the last blog that the pre, or inter, glacial coastline with the sea lapping at the base of the dip slope of the Yorkshire Wolds that here might be the remnants of a low cliff-line at these points – indeed this is so, roughly corresponding

Apologies to any regular readers for the month+ delay in completing this series of blogs initially centering on my extended article of similar title. I have experienced some ill health and have had to focus on preparing my contributions to the national Heritage Week events in Hull – second illustrated talk on Thursday 16th, 10am

The chart above was one I complied a few years ago. The 10 regions named along the base line are the regions of which part is encompassed in the Humber Region, of these two, the Lincolnshire Wolds and the Yorkshire Wolds, have already been covered by this series of blogs. The side-line identifies 10 types

The photo above shows the cliff-face of the long disused ‘New Quarry’ at Barton. Neither the bed of this quarry nor its cliff-face have been disturbed since being abandonned so it is a fine example of natural re-colonisation of a chalk quarry. The ‘New Quarry’ is separated from Barton Cliff Quarry by a narrow ridge

The photo above, taken from the farm track on the south bank of the Humber Estuary that in centuries past was a section of Ferriby Low Road (from Barton), shows Melton chalk quarry just visible in the dip slope of the Yorkshire Wolds.The development of large-scale chalk quarries was allied to changes in the pattern