Geology | Bearsted Woodland Trust
Fullers Earth, a very pure clay used for fulling (degreasing and cleansing) wool, was previously worked from pits in the Vinters–Grove Green area. During the early 1900s there was a brick factory (Bearsted Brick and Tile Works, closed around 1926) just west of the allotments, adjacent to Bearsted Golf Club (see the sketch map on Page 5 in ...