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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the chalk, overlaid in the south-eastern part by boulder clay. The ground slopes gradually upwards from c. 100 ft. …
A History of the County of Surrey
… across the Woolwich and Thanet Beds, on to the London Clay. There are several strong springs in the parish, which …
A History of the County of Northampton
… The soil is of a fertile mixed character on a subsoil of clay. The chief crops are cereals. The population in 1931 was …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… The soil of Castle Camps lies mainly upon boulder clay, itself lying over chalk which is near the surface where … only 240 a. in 1919. 245 In the 1930s parts of the heavy clay land, apparently on the east side of the parish, were …
A History of the County of Worcester
… only about 26 acres of woodland. 3 The soil is loam and clay and the subsoil Keuper Marl. In the east, near Longdon, …
A History of the County of Surrey
… on the Chalk downs, but they are in great part capped by clay and gravel. The bottom of the Caterham Valley contains …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… this parish. The soil varies from loam and chalk to stiff clay. The subsoil is chalk and clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley, and oats. The parish …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… grass, and 122 acres woods and plantations. 1 It has a clay soil and a chalk subsoil, and produces the usual cereal …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… The civil parish covers an area of 3,094 acres of clay land. The ground rises from the Ellington Brook, forming …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… form small lateral valleys. The land is largely boulder clay 2 and the village probably originated as a late …