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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… below Amesbury have left successive spurs of alluvium and gravel on either side of the river, and the meadows and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… pasture, and 200 woodland; the soil is clay, mixed with gravel: the scenery around is very beautiful, and the village … which the soil is generally clay, in some parts sand and gravel; the surface is gently undulated. There are quarries of blue lias of an inferior kind, and gravel of excellent quality is raised for the roads. The …
The Environs of London
… The soil of this parish is very various, consisting of gravel; clay; black sand upon a stratum of gravel; black mould upon gravel and clay; sandy loam upon a clay bottom; and strong …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… over 250 ft. above O.D., through chalk and gault, to river gravel at about 50 ft.; but the chalk outcrop is irregular, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… city is a public cemetery, containing 7 acres, laid out in gravel-walks and plantations; a low wall separates the …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… account of the badness of the foundation (peat overlying gravel), and the adjoining parts of both transepts were … originally on the peat, are now being carried down to the gravel below, the whole work being made much more difficult by the fact that the gravel is well beneath the permanent water level of the site. …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Street takes its name from being the site of the chesil or gravel bank on which the boats laden with timber and stone, …