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A History of the County of Oxford
… until the building c. 1829 of Parker's Farm north of Sandy Lane. 73 The Blenheim estate bought Robinson's land in … a sewage works off Kidlington Lane, nursery gardens in Sandy Lane, and the Weed Research Organization at Begbroke …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Oxford Close (3 a.), lay north-east of the junction of Sandy Lane with the Woodstock road. The boundaries with … in the area known as the Sands, around Begbroke Hill and Sandy Lane. Much of the village stands on gravel, while the … road, and in the east two converging lanes, Sandy and Kidlington lanes, lead from the main road towards …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… lakes of less importance, some of them containing rich beds of shell-marl, which is used as manure for the lands. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… the rocks are clay slate; the soil of the arable land is sandy, and the chief agricultural produce is barley, oats, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… to Sherburn. Its general level is broken only by low sandy hills, which occur in the vicinities of Snaith, Thome, … covered with large freestones; while upon others are beds of peat bog, in many places very deep, frequently not … the old inclosures are considerable tracts of loamy and sandy soils, producing furze, fern (here called "brackens"), …
A History of the County of Somerset
… and hedges. To the north of the Polden Hills are extensive beds of peat known as the turf or peat moors. In the summer … in parts covered with a luxuriant vegetation such as thick beds of alder and sallow and masses of plants of lower …