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A History of the County of Shropshire
… 30s there were c. 200 Easter communicants. 22 Miss E. M. Clay, dissatisfied with the ministry and witness of the vicar …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… field to the west, Dale (or Dole) field to the north, and Clay field and Clayhorns farther north still. Leaton field … agriculture was always limited. In 1712 Thomas Binnell dug clay on Rushmoor for brick and tile making. 18 A brick kiln …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… comprises by measurement 2920 acres: the soil is partly clay, and partly a rich red loam; the surface is undulated. … It comprises about 1400 acres. The soil is a strong clay, alternated with gravel and chalk, with a portion of … and the remainder pasture and meadow; the soil is a cold clay, and the surface is undulated. The living is a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… loam, fertile and well cultivated, with extensive beds of clay beneath. Great quantities of excellent red tiles are … beans, and the meadows and pastures are luxuriantly rich; clay of good quality for bricks is abundant. The Friarage, a … in some parts fenny land, and in others a retentive clay. The village is irregularly, but neatly, built, …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… of which the most common was YELLOW OCHRE; or a YELLOWish CLAY. In either case the yellow colour occurs through the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… to the R. Tove, below 76 m. above OD, is on Upper Lias Clay and riverine deposits. Bands of limestones are exposed … between 95 m. and 108 m. above OD is covered by Boulder Clay. Prehistoric and Roman A stone tool of unknown form is … 761448), lay immediately S. of Moor End Road, on Boulder Clay at 102 m. above OD. The site has been entirely destroyed …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… 110 m. and 66 m. above OD, and is entirely on Boulder Clay except where the down-cutting of a number of N.-flowing … are recorded, most of which are on the higher Boulder Clay areas and have been discovered as a result of intensive … 1900 (NM Records). d(1) Cropmarks (SP 856553), on Boulder Clay at 107 m. above OD. Cropmarks of unknown form are said …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Hill. North and west of the village the land is Oxford clay, interspersed with terraces of river gravel. The largest …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… modifications of moss, with admixtures occasionally of clay incorporated with particles of rock and of sand … The soil is principally a light loam intermixed with clay, and has been by good cultivation mostly rendered … thriving. The substrata are principally limestone and clay; the former is worked at Kidlaw, in the southern part of …