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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… area of Upton to 2,359 a. 8 In the east of the parish the chalk downs of Salisbury Plain rise to a height of 650 ft., …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… blue colour (BLUE VERDITER), usually prepared by adding CHALK or WHITING to a solution of nitrate of COPPER. It was …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the soil is chiefly a strong clay, resting on a stratum of chalk, but in the valleys is more loose and gravelly. The …
Old and New London
… Railway, the London terminus of which was originally at Chalk Farm; see Vol. V., p. 350. See ante, p. 350. See Vol. …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… to see Buckingham. The fire barques were covered with chalk within and without. [ Italian.] Sept. 11. Senato, …
Calendar of Treasury Papers
… for a lease for 31 years. Great damage was done by digging chalk: the rails placed by the surveyor at the entrance to the main chalk pit had been thrown down, and a title insisted thereon …
Calendar, Committee for Compounding
… at 40 l., the wife having her . Sir George Penruddock, Chalk; Broad Chalk, Burchalk, and Alvesdiston rectory, late value 500 l., …
Petitions to the Pope
… notwithstanding that he has the canonry and prebend of Chalk in the church of Wilton. Granted. Avignon, 9 Kal. Mar. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… middle and above the arcade, remains of a rood carved in chalk; probably over the original S. doorway. On plinth of …