The pool started life early in the 17th century as a chalk pit.

Walking back from school one day, Pratchett went through a chalk pit.

The chalk pits were classified as a historic monument in 1931.

The chalk pit also closed in 1931 after the cement factory.

Ian Taylor speaks from personal experience when writing about chalk pits.

Since the chalk pit is no longer used, people throw all their old junk away down there.

They took the track which wound round the chalk pit.

There's a chalk pit just above the main road.

"We find that the deceased died from falling down a chalk pit."

It took about half an hour to get back to the road again from the chalk pit into which it led us.