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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 … were discovered here as well as traces of ditches and pits. A stone-lined well, 4.7 m. deep, was excavated and …
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 … gravel workings have revealed traces of ditches, huts, and pits, with pottery and metal artefacts, suggesting that the … apart from the manor house, was Ivy House in Gravel Pits Lane, built by 1842 for Thomas Robinson. The house is of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 41 The cottage may have stood at the east end of Gravel Pits Lane. 42 Contributions to the Wesleyan circuit …
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 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… extreme W. where the higher ground is covered by Boulder Clay. The intensive occupation of Yarwell during the Roman … quarried. The remainder of the wood is dotted with many pits and hollows; some are recent and others, apparently …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and pasture; the soil varies from a light sand to a strong clay, with portions of rich loam. The living is a vicarage, … pasture, and orchard. The soil is generally a strong clay. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 130 a. of arable land, described as strong loam on clay above a substratum of gravel; the grass, of good …