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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… from seven-pence to nine-pence a Bushel; Turf, or rather Peat, four shillings a thousand; Sedge, with which the Bakers …
Survey of London
… Thomas Jannatt (1794) and George Jefferys (1797). Henry Peat of St. Margaret's Westminster, carpenter, also took a …
Survey of London
… and in places treacherous for building on account of a peat layer. A survey of 1646 recorded the Isle of Dogs as … were used to dealing with London clay, not silt and peat; the bad construction of basements in Cubitt Town, …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… form of banks of silt meandering above the surface of the peat-fen. Their raised character is the result of … in their beds when they were active waterways and the deep peat through which they had once flowed.' It has been … of the manorial system. Settlement was prohibited on the peat-fen itself, as the soil provided no stable foundations …
Office-Holders in Modern Britain
… Lawrence, P. By 1716 Smith, W. [Hanger by 1718] By 1716 Peat, T. By 1716 Enfield, W. By 1716 Thorpe, G. By 1716 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… contain the mosslands of the plain. Thick beds of fen peat began to accumulate as the hollows silted up; tests on … their wild fenland character 72 and are still used for peat cutting. Drift largely determines the nature of the … from the northern part of the plain. 75 Areas of pure peat and peaty soils with poor or blocked drainage are found …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… but includes local masses of gravel and extensive beds of peat accumulated under marsh conditions before the embanking …
Survey of London
… James's; Robert Packer of St. Giles in the Fields; Henry Peat of St. George's, Hanover Square; John Petty of St. …
Register & Records of Holm Cultram
… also common pasture and easements at Morisceby with peat and turf ( petaria et turbaria) and right of way for men …