At a farm called Portnals, about a mile from Bansted, is the deepest well I know in these parts; a horse is required to draw the water. It is some 460 feet, and, I have been told, generally somewhat low. All these wells are, I believe, in the chalk.
In this part of Surrey are some wells said to be 500, 600, or even 700 feet deep.
W. S. G. may find some resemblance between the above and the one he wants, else there is no truth in a well.
I fear I am taking more of your space than my subject merits. I will therefore briefly conclude with a Query.
Where are the deepest wells in England?
P. M. M.
Mrs. Mary Anne Clarke (Vol. iv., p. 396.).
—Is Mrs. Mary Anne Clarke really dead?
She was alive two years since, and was then living with her son, Colonel Clarke, somewhere on the Continent. Colonel Clarke is an officer of the line, and is universally respected.
I obtained the above information from a friend and brother officer of the Colonel.