Geography
The soil is a strong clay, producing fine crops of wheat and beans, and the surface is generally level, rising more steeply to 70 metres AOD to the far west of the parish and with a gentle elevation towards the old village, which commands extensive views in every direction, and the area around which formerly abounded in wood. On the horizon from here is the sea. Fields are extensively farmed, some of which are pasture, and the railway line is used here to carry coal towards Cambois with its alumina plant and there are remains to the west of a quarry of freestone, active in 1848. The population is spread over a large area with a density of approximately 0.7 persons per hectare which is average across the entire region.
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