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From The Muniment Room, a resource for social history, family history, and local history.

Arreton Down Marl Pit was a marl and chalk pit at Arreton Down and Downend on the Isle of Wight Estates.

In 1761, Thomas Esmont received £13 for 'taking care of the woods and the marl pit on Arreton Down' during the year^[1]/

In 1930, Gus Read dug the chalk, and paid the Estate a royalty of 4 pence per yard for all chalk sold^[2].

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References

1. ↑ Disbursements of the Fleming Estate, 1762
2. ↑ Letter of Pink & Arnold to Gus Read, 1930