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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… woodland and plantations. The substratum contains coal and lead, the former indifferent, and the latter very superior; …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… north-east angle has a square tower, with a spiral roof of lead surmounted by a vane. The lower part of the building is …
A History of the County of Essex
… layings and 3 boats. William and Thomas Sandford were lead- ing oyster merchants of the early 19th century. They …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The substratum contains leadore, of which some mines are in operation, and there are quarries of good … two-thirds are pasture, and the remainder arable. Coal-mines have been wrought from time immemorial; conveyance is … of husbandry, in which, and in the neighbouring coal, lead, and lime works, a great portion of the population is …