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Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… or reverberatory furnaces with pit coal or sea coal, turf, peat, or other mixed fuel. [ S.P. Dom. Warrant Book 35, p. …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary, 1695
… laden iron with pit coals or sea coals, "charked," or with peat or turf and other ingredients, and a new way of … laden iron, with pit coals or sea coals "charked," or with peat or turf, and other ingredients never yet used, and also … of iron, with pit or sea coals, raw or "charked," or with peat or turf. [ Ibid. 345, p. 267.] Dec. 7. Kensington. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the north is covered with alluvium and the north-east is peat fen. Patches of gravel form several drier sites within …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… probably on account of the badness of the foundation (peat overlying gravel), and the adjoining parts of both … to the nave. The foundations, laid originally on the peat, are now being carried down to the gravel below, the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… The Fendyke may be said to mark the boundary between the 'peat' and 'silt' portions of the parish. The former, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… to orchards and market-gardens; in the southwest, on the peat, farms are larger and are devoted to cereals, potatoes, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… by the Nene through heavier silts around the village to peat on clay at the extreme western end in the fen. With an …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… extensions into the fen. Since, moreover, Thorney is on peat and not on silt fen, the orchards and market gardens …