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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… of the parish, especially in the churchyard and in the peat 8 ft. to 9 ft. below the surface of the tidal mud when …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… mountainous. Its prevailing soils are gravel, clay, and peat, with alluvial sand; the chief produce is corn, and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is undulated, the soil a rich earth, gravel, sand, and peat, and the scenery improved by plantations, which are …
A History of the County of Somerset
… which may mark a former watercourse. Beyond it lies the peat moor, much around the 3-m. contour, until the slightly … by 1789 for the benefit of its poor. 10In 1839 areas of peat digging or 'delvings' had evidently in the past been … or dealers and 11 cutters, 2 merchants evidently selling peat on Cock Hill. 19Business gradually declined thereafter …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… greywacke and other transition rocks: the common fuel is peat, of which there is an abundant supply. The parish roads … the valleys which intersect the hills is an abundance of peat-moss. Peat bogs occur in the lower lands, and in Rendall is a …
Calendar of State Papers Foreign: Elizabeth
… these works, as well as to supply the usual necessity for peat and candles for the corps de garde of this garrison …
Calendar of State Papers Foreign: Elizabeth
… T. Francquelin, Robert Smallpeice, Humfrey Besse, Nicholas Peat(?), William Add. Endd. 1 p. [ Ibid. IX. 32.] Feb. 11/21. …