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A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester lies in the valley of the Itchen, surrounded by chalk down-land. Roman roads approach it from all sides, and …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… of the garderobe tower, and of still later date are the chalk wall joining the outer angles of the keep and garderobe … solid, the walls faced with coursed flints over a core of chalk and flint, and the keep is remarkable for the use of …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… itself. 5 Windsor Castle is placed upon the top of a steep chalk cliff which rises almost abruptly from the south bank … from Blackmore Park, instead of the wells sunk in the chalk hitherto used. It was begun in 1551, but the pipe was … pointed doorway. This opens into a lofty chamber faced in chalk or clunch ashlar, with firestone dressings to the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… The whole of the S. two-thirds of the parish is on Chalk and slopes gently N. from about 500 ft. to 150 ft. … of deeply cut dry valleys all draining N. Beyond the Chalk are narrow outcrops of Reading Beds and London Clay … the original settlement, lies at the junction of the Chalk and Reading Beds along a small N.-flowing stream, and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 30 waste, &c. The land under tillage has a substratum of chalk, and produces good barley and turnips. The living is a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… to a height of nearly 500 ft. It is almost entirely on Chalk. Within the boundary of the modern parish there were … yds. W. of St. Peter's Church in Came Park. The site, on chalk and valley gravel, is well-drained but there are water …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Clenston, with an area of 1,300 acres entirely on Chalk, extends across the Winterborne valley at altitudes … on the E., three steps led down to a floor of beaten chalk. An Outbuilding to the N. of the house incorporates …