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A History of the County of Hampshire
… rule to have more substantial buildings than those made of clay and timber, but the goodwill of the Southampton …
The Environs of London
… the proportion of arable is very small; the soil a stiff clay. The parish is rated at 316l. 1s. Id. to the landtax: …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… by posts from 1855. 8 Most of the ground lies on London Clay. A narrow deposit of brickearth lines Bounds Green brook. Boulder clay from Finchley stretches into the north part of the … Saints' Avenue and along the whole western boundary the clay is flanked by glacial gravel, which extends eastward to …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… with sand, and in other parts is mostly a strong clay; the surface is generally hilly, except in the vicinity … 9 wood, and the remainder arable. The soil is a strong clay, and the surface level, with occasional remarkable …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… on level ground where calcareous gravel overlies Lias Clay (plan, p. 58). Excavations by Capt. H. S. Gracie, R.N., … hypocaust floors; a lime-slaking pit with pot-boilers; a clay-lined pit 10 ft. deep linked to a water channel; a …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… later. 2 Most of the parish lies on the heavy Lower Lias clay at c. 100 ft.; the slopes rising to 745 ft. on the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… hill and dale; the soil is a rich loam, alternated with clay, resting on a limestone-gravel, in the arable lands, and …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… and on land at 145 m. south-west of Froxfield village clay-with-flints overlies the chalk. The Dun crosses the … and woodland. 88 It is likely that much woodland on the clay-with-flints in the north-west corner was cleared between …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… line by Skew Bridge and the old village there were some clay pits and brick kilns: these were built over at the end …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… ruinous, its four-light east window partly stopped with clay. 55 The tower fell in May 1766, destroying much of the …