The Woodhall or Iodine Spa, Lincolnshire / by Robert Cuffe.

  • Cuffe, Robert.
Date:
1868
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The Woodhall or Iodine Spa, Lincolnshire / by Robert Cuffe. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    grey colour. Fossil shells and lumps of pyrites (sulphuret of iron), are frequently met with. The next stratum consists of grains of quartz for the most part agglutinated into sandstone of different degrees of in¬ duration. This stratum is considerably thicker than the two incumbent ones. The lowest stratum is the shale which generally makes its appearance in the valleys. Its thickness cannot be estimated; but from the great depths in which it has been bored without being perforated, it must be immense. Minerals occur rarely, and in very small quantities; Sul¬ phuret of iron in the oolite stratum, earthy oxide of iron in a valley at Salmonby, and a stalactite oxide of iron in the ferru¬ ginous gravel. In the valley at Salmonby, near to the spot where the earthy oxide of iron is found, is a chalybeate spring, the water of which is of the same nature as that of Tunbridge, but much stronger. The above Sketch is condensed from a rare and interesting print entitled Historical and Descriptive Sketches of the Town and Soke of Horncastle, in the County of Lincoln, and of several parts adjacent, by George Weir; and I wish to record my thanks to Mr. Cussons of Horncastle, to whose courtesy I am indebted for a perusal of the work. The Hotel is a spacious handsome building, containing more than 30 Bed-rooms, and 9 Private Sitting-rooms, a large Public Drawing-room, and a large Public Dining-room. During the season a public dinner is regularly provided, when visitors meet, and this social intercourse adds very greatly to the enjoyment of the visit. Families who prefer greater privacy can have dinners served in their own room. The terms are moderate, and are regulated according to the , equirements of the visitors. Hotel Tariff and Terms for Baths and drinking the Waters, will be found on pages 18 and 19. Woodhall Spa is situated about a mile from the river Witham, the land around being flat. It cannot boast of great natural advantages ; no crags crowned by picturesque towns overhang the streams, nor does the graceful vine clothe the