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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and low-lying, but two spurs of the west Cambridgeshire chalk upland reach into it: Madingley Hill at its northern … greens, and are situated on spring-lines between the chalk ridges and the streams, both of which form parish …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… in beds of Portland and Purbeck Stone and in the Chalk Ridgeway which rises to over 500 ft. and forms the … within these limits are mostly situated on this elevated chalk ridge. Remains of a Roman villa and a square building, …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… could be bleached or dipped in a whitening agent like CHALK [Simmonds (1906)], but the end product, if genuine, was …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is generally a fine loam resting, in the higher lands, on chalk, and in the lower, on clay. The surface is partly flat …
A History of the County of Hertford
… the higher of the two levels mentioned. The subsoil is of chalk, and the upper soil of the hills on the western or … deposit in the valley of the Lea. Brick-earth, gravel, and chalk are worked, especially on and near to the extensive … and in 1728 and 1742 persons were presented for digging chalk and clay for making bricks 6 on Nomansland and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… on the river Test, on very low ground, under a range of chalk hills. Many of the inhabitants are employed in … meadow and pasture; the soil is a light loam, resting upon chalk. The living is a donative; net income, 13; patron, the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… and Bagshot Beds in the E. the whole parish lies on Chalk. The only settlement, now comprising the church, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… meadow, and pasture: the soil varies, but is principally chalk and clay; the surface is elevated, and in some parts … the soil is tolerably fertile, and there are quarries of chalk and blue lias, which are burnt into lime for manure. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… country. The number of acres is 1769. The substratum is chalk, which is dug in large quantities, and sent to …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… sites. The hundred lies mainly upon the Lower and Middle Chalk, 8 and the ground rises steadily from the north, where …