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A History of the County of York East Riding
… cover most of the parish, with a small area of boulder clay on the moraine. 9 The open fields lay mainly on the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 328 acres, of which the surface is level, and the soil clay and sand. The tithes have been commuted for 67. 10. … r. 1 p., of which the soil is of moderate quality, with a clay substratum; the surface is undulated, and the scenery …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… sea-level and is covered by outwash sand, gravel, and clay. The land rises to over 75 ft. east of the village, … the parish boundary. The higher ground consists of boulder clay, glacial sand and gravel, and Keuper marl, and it is on …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… In lay terms a finely divided and strongly absorbent CLAY, used in cleansing WOOLLEN CLOTH before applying SOAP, … [Acts (1690)]. Because of its similarity, TOBACCO PIPE CLAY was subject to the same restrictions [Smith (1776)]. OED … Found in units of BOX, C, LB, LOAD, TUB See also FULLING CLAY. Sources: Acts, Inventories (mid-period), Inventories …
A History of the County of Sussex
… road as far as Bosham Station, and then by Ratham Lane and Clay Lane, from which the bounds run north by Sennicots and …
A History of the County of Northampton
… of Furtho, which is covered almost entirely by Boulder Clay, rises from about 220 ft. above sea level in the south …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… layers of rags & paper pounded in a method superior to Clay's of Birmingham. [ Gents Mag., November 1806] Godfrey, …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… some places a rich black loam, in others a stiff retentive clay, and on the banks of the rivers of a very sandy quality. … a very thriving condition. The substrata are, greywacke, clay-slate, and ironstone, but no quarries have been opened: … of the Irvine, a rich loam: in other parts, a variety of clay is most prevalent. The crops are, grain of different …
Alumni Oxonienses
… 1707-19, rector of Crick, Northants, 1719, and of Clay Coton 1733, until his death 11 June, 1741; brother of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… waste land or common; the surface is hilly, and the soil clay, alternated with flint. The village is on the south-west … St. Peter), a parish, in the union of East Retford, South-Clay division of the wapentake of Bassetlaw, N. division of … mountain. The soil is chiefly sandy, alternated with clay; and in some parts limestone of good quality is quarried …