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Original Text (Annotation: EPW006292 / 701865)

' Medieval quarry for flint. The chalk at this point is at the top of an anticline and is close to the surface. The flint would have been used in the rebuild of St John's Church in 1321. Flint's importance as a building stone for foundations and walls arose because the Thames Basin contains no other building stone. '

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