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A History of the County of Lancaster
… plantations. The surface soil is sandy, mixed with clay in places, with sandstone rock not far from the surface. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… potatoes, oats, and wheat flourish in the loamy soil, with clay in places, over a solid sandstone rock. There is some …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… works at Barrow. The land is used for pasture; the soil is clay. There is a quarry. Wiswell Shay cross has an ancient …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… patch of mossland, and here too there is a good deal of clay in the surface soil. By the river there are moist …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… The agricultural land is used for pasturage. The soil is clay, overlying shale. There is a colliery at Rowley. Cotton …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… to Whalley. The land is mostly in pasture. The soil is clay, overlying rock. There is a parish meeting. In 1584 it …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… there are some colliery railway lines. The soil is clay and gravel, with subsoil of sand and gravel; wheat and …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… used as pasture; the soil is gravelly with subsoil of clay. There is a cattle fair held on Shrove Tuesday. Bobbins …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… place between the railway and the Douglas. The soil is clay, with subsoil of marl and stone. Wheat and oats are …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 397 acres, of which 9 are road and waste; the soil is clay. The tithes have been commuted for 46. Trafford, Mickle … acres, including 33 road and waste; the prevailing soil is clay. A rent-charge of 128 has been awarded as a commutation … and comprising 517 acres, partly a sand and partly a clay soil. The tithes have been commuted for 63. 11. Tranmere …