| 1. | The underlying rocks are the coal measures of the Manchester Coalfield.
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| 2. | The Middle Coal Measures are found in the southwest of the township.
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| 3. | The underlying geology is Millstone Grit overlaid with coal measures.
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| 4. | Most of Newton lies on the Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation bedrock.
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| 5. | Over the Alston Block the middle and upper Coal Measures are missing.
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| 6. | His thesis concerned the palaeoecology of Carboniferous Coal Measure plants.
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| 7. | There are coal measures in the vicinity of the creek.
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| 8. | An outcrop of Coal Measures extends southwards through Tameside and into Hazel Grove.
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| 9. | Fossils were discovered in the French Stephanian Coal Measures of Commentry in 1880.
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| 10. | The underlying coal measures throughout the parish were a valuable source of fuel.
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