Geology of Yardley
(This map was drawn by John Morris Jones, and was later published
in Medieval Yardley, by Victor Skipp)
The natural landscape of Yardley is covered by a layer of Mercian
Mudstone, or Keuper Marl, up to 800 feet thick, with sand and
gravel drift remaining on high ground above the stream valleys.
this was eroded away lower down by the watercourses. The higher
ground retains water above the clay, with springs emerging at
the boundary between the two, and with lighter vegetation cover.
The valley sides would have been covered by dense woodlands, and
the valley floors would have been extensive and boggy.
Urbanisation of Yardley (introduction)
The natural landscape
Ownership and administration
Yardley in medieval times (map)
Yardley at the end of the eighteenth
century (map)
The early 19th century
The mid-nineteenth century
The Victorian half-century 1850-1900
The last years of independence
Development 1911-20
Two decades 1919-39
Yardley since the war
Urbanization maps
Surviving antiquities of Yardley (map,
1981)
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