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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and 250 woodland. The soil is generally a reddish clay, producing good crops of wheat; the surface is …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… principal portion of which is arable; the soil is a chalky clay, and the surface generally flat. The living is a … Holbeach, and comprises 5403 a. 11 p.; the soil is chiefly clay, with a good depth of vegetable mould, and the surface … comprises about 1660 acres, of which the soil is chiefly clay, and in good cultivation. It is divided into north and …
Old and New London
… the ancient British city, Lun Dn, or "the city of mud or clay," was Westminster, and that London as now known was that …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… maximum height of 170 m. above OD, are covered by Boulder Clay but the down-cutting of the streams has exposed Oolite Limestone and Upper Lias Clay. There are some small patches of glacial sands and … (SP 586478), close to the N.W. parish boundary, on Boulder Clay at 165 m. above OD. A small scatter of sherds said to be …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Sands, on which the present village lies, Upper Lias Clay, river gravel, fluvial sand and gravel and finally … Prehistoric Settlement (?) ( c. SP 790613) on Upper Lias Clay, at 62 m. above OD. Ditches were discovered during … Pottery Kiln (SP 78506238), on Lower Estuarine Series clay, at 99 m. above OD, discovered in 1953. The kiln …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… m. above OD. The higher S. and S.W. parts are on Boulder Clay, but elsewhere Lias Clays are exposed. Medieval and … mainly in interlocked furlongs (Plate 29). The heavy Lias Clay of the valley sides has slipped at some time in the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… ash. . . . The stones and flags were set in and on red clay, and the clay appears to have overlain a bed of fine gravel containing … W. of the building were found layers of gravel resting on clay . . . but no trace of walls near. . . . The space …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… gravel and loam on the south, and on the north a stiff clay. From the quarries here, was raised the stone for the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… was opened by Samuel Stuckey c. 1787, presumably using clay on site. 8 The number of brickmakers and brickyard …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… a ridge of Lower Greensand along the road, and Kimmeridge Clay in the north. 14 A northward-flowing brook forms the …