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A History of the County of Essex
… The tower, which was of timber on a base of flint, chalk, and ragstone, was demolished and a new brick tower, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is rich, resting in some places on clay, and in others on chalk. In addition to a small village adjacent to the church, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… at about 140 ft. above O.D. the land rises gently, on Chalk, to a low N.-S. ridge capped by Reading Beds, about 250 ft. above O.D. Further E. the land falls and the Chalk is soon overlain by Reading Beds and London Clays which … short distance E. and S.E. of Knowlton church. They lay in chalk-cut graves, some aligned E.-W., and are probably of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the hamlet of BeverleyPark are two quarries of excellent chalk, of which the best whiting is made, and which is also …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… 13th and 14th-century and later pottery and some squared chalk blocks. These are doubtless traces of 'the marks of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… 200 ft. and 50 ft. above O.D. The S. part slopes from Chalk in the S.W., through areas on Reading Beds and London …