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A History of the County of Sussex
… wharf three limekilns were set up after c. 1840, using chalk brought up river; they apparently ceased operation …
A History of the County of Essex
… mill and the site of another mill, both north of the chalk causeway at Stratford. 40 This lost mill seems to have …
A History of the County of Essex
… 1866 the firm appears to have been reconstituted as Grays Chalk Quarries Ltd., which continued until about 1929. 230 … Meeson & Sons); Kelly's Dir. Essex (18661926) (Grays Chalk Quarries Ltd.). E.R.O., T/P 48/3. E.R.O., D/DB T782. L. …
A History of the County of Essex
… there were specialized wharfs at Stratford for timber, chalk, stone, coal, and wheat, as well as some for general …
A History of the County of Sussex
… corner in 1896. 4 The north part of the parish lay on the chalk, rising to 300 ft. in the north-west corner, and the …
The Environs of London
… twenty acres of common 1. The soil is various; sand, loam, chalk, and clay. This parish pays the sum of 62l. 12s. to the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… and in common. Half the cultivated arable lay on the chalk uplands ('on the hill'), but this was only worth half … of Westbury, there was some arable cultivation on the chalk downlands as well as on the more fertile soil beneath. … parish lay in or near the tithing of Bratton on the chalk downs south of the village, and grazing rights were …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… town by the Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers. Chalk was to be excavated from the escarpment of Salisbury …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… escarpment of Salisbury Plain, and divides the chalk uplands in the south-east of the urban district from … the gault and Kimmeridge clay in the north-west. 22 On the chalk uplands in the south-east a height of over 700 ft. is … east and south of the town, along the foot of the steep chalk downs, there are numerous springs and wells. A spring …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… It comprises by measurement 1232 acres; the soil is chalk, alternated with gravel, and the surface is undulated, …