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SOHAM, CAMBS.

 

There were extensive coprolite works near Horsecrofts farm 14 feet deep 1” thick and Longfields farm in 1872??

 

Following the death of John Dobede on 1st December 1876 2,238 acres of the Soham Place Estate was auctioned. The sale particulars mentioned that

 

“In the immediate vicinity coprolites are being obtained in large quantities, and they have been found upon portions of this property. It is confidently believed by experienced Coprolite workers that they may be a source of great profit to the owners of many of the lots included in these sale particulars.”

 

(Cambridge Collection CC.C06)

 

Coprolites. - To be sold by private treaty, the coprolites contained in about 15 acres of land, within easy distance of two railway stations. Good vein. Cambridge Coprolites. Enquire of Mr. F.A. Johnson, Hall, Soham.”

(Cambridge Chronicle,21st Feb.1891,p1)

See Whitaker? for greater geological and location info.

No evidence of any diggers in the censuses