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Register & Records of Holm Cultram
… the fair they shall have right of way; also wood, turf and peat, etc. in common with the tenantry of Kyrkebythore. The … Kirkebythore to markets and fairs, and whins ( brueria), peat and turves in common with the tenantry, and all that …
Register & Records of Holm Cultram
… and so westwards to the saltwork of Richard del Boys; with peat-hearths for the work and common pasture in Rainpatrik … church; with pasture for four oxen and one horse, and a peat-hearth for the work; rendering to him one pound of …
Office-Holders in Modern Britain
… 3 1760 29 Nov. Crouch, A. By 1769 Crouch, E. 1769 1 July Peat, S. 1802 27 Mar. Phillips, M. MOH PB 1, pp. 13839; LB C, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… three miles south-west of Thorne. Large quantities of peat are obtained on the moor, and conveyed to the town and … which it extends northward five miles. A portion of the peat moors in the district has been converted into productive …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is in general flat; the soil partakes of the nature of peat, and on the rising grounds is either marl or a strong …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… fertile, and the greater part of a large tract of peat-moss has been brought under profitable cultivation. The …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… parts, clayey: on the higher lands are extensive tracts of peat. The chief crops are oats and bear, with potatoes, … from the discovery of large trunks of trees in all the peat bogs, it seems evident that the parish must have … alternated with indurated clay. There are some extensive peat-mosses in the upper districts, and the hills afford good …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… had given the newly-arrived monks 120 cartloads of peat during his lifetime from Billington Moor and half as much after his death, the site of a peat-cote by the highway on the north side of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… where there is more moss-land. The soil is clay, loam and peat; wheat, oats, potatoes and fruit are grown. CARR HOUSE, …