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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… above OD. Except around the village, which lies on river gravel, the greater part of the parish is on either Boulder … Meadow in the S. of the parish was uncovered by recent gravel-workings, and detailed excavation by D. A. Jackson for … out on these and on other sites found during gravel-digging. Another group of sites lies to the S. of the brook …
A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 10
… Lias clay occupies the centre of the parish between valley gravel in the north and south-west and alluvium in the south, … 13 In 1746 repairs were needed and trenching and ditch digging was in progress. 14 By 1786 amalgamations had …
Historical gazetteer of London before the Great Fire
… total cost is not separately recorded, but work included digging and laying new foundations, and making vaults and …
Historical gazetteer of London before the Great Fire
… paid £1. 13s. 8 1/2/d. and contributed the materials for digging up and re-laying the watercourse running through the …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… located. The soils of the parish are based upon sand and gravel deposits. 5 Allerthorpe's open fields lay on the … and Brickpond plantation close to Waplington Hall. 67 Gravel was being extracted commercially from a pit near …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is a large Druidical monument called Calder Stones, in digging round which, more than sixty years ago, urns of … Hall. Fossil wood of a siliceous kind is dug up from the gravel. Allestree (St. Andrew) ALLESTREE ( St. Andrew), a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a flat appearance; the soil is light, with a chalk and gravel bottom. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's …
A Dictionary of London
… the south-west corner of America Square below the natural gravel was found a Roman wall, 7 ft. 6 in. thick, parallel to …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and the sub-soil consists of limestone, clay, and sharp gravel. The chief produce arises from corn land and orchards, … hilly, and the soil consists principally of chalk and gravel. The manufacture of bombazines was formerly carried on …
A History of the County of Stafford
… around Beresford, though it had never been thought worth digging. 66 In the 1840s, however, it was stated that copper …