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A History of the County of Warwick
… is situated in the north-east of the county of Warwick and on the south-east fringe of the region once covered by … falls away fairly steeply, rather less so to the west and east, and very gently to the south; this convex site is itself in a …
A History of the County of Warwick
… It comprised 2,674 acres in 1891. 38 In 1928 eight acres and in 1932 1,255 acres of the western part of the parish … acres in the north being joined to Bedworth civil parish and Rural District, 336 acres to Shilton civil parish, 539 … and calves, 16 oxen, and 300 sheep; it also had separable marl pits in the fields. 13 There is some evidence of a …
Report on the Records of the City of Exeter
… The city of Exeter Letters and other papers (8 of 10) Contempt by Mayor. L. 381. … the excuses of James Tucker, the Mayor, Thomas Crossing and Ignatius Jordan, Aldermen of Exeter, for not attending … in the King's service, the others their great age and Infirmities. They are now commanded through the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Introduction STOKE-ON-TRENT ALTHOUGH Newcastle-under-Lyme and Stoke-onTrent adjoin each other, their historical … dissimilar; the one has its roots deep in the past and exhibits the slow evolution of a burghal community, while … be described as an outcrop of quick-burning coals, clays, and marls, and it is this character of the subsoil that has …
The Manuscripts of Rye and Hereford Corporations, etc.
… Serlle, his servant, Gilles Henrison, Corneille Soyer, and Vincent Lailler, residing in Rye, as to a claim by the said Disbery for supplying board and lodging to "Mr Jacques le Breton appelle Mons. le Seneschal" who, with his wife and children, lodged in the house of the said Disbery from 15 …
A History of the County of Warwick
… city of Birmingham 1 now covers an area of 51,147 acres and houses 1,105,651 people 2 on land which at the time of … the Rea valley by a fault which has let down the Keuper Marl to the east and south-east and accounts for the steep … from springs, wells might easily be bored. The bands of marl within the Keuper Sandstone prevented deep seepage of …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… it comprised the parishes of Blaisdon, Newnham, Tidenham, and Woolaston, and parts of Churcham and Westbury-on-Severn. … the western parts of Blaisdon and Newnham does the Keuper Marl and Lower Lias of the river basin give way to the … a narrow belt of level riverside land formed of the Keuper Marl, and both parishes have a large proportion of hilly, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… of larger units: Blacklow hundred contained 45 hides and included Frocester, Stonehouse, Leonard Stanley, Frampton … in the hundred), Wheatenhurst, Alkerton (in Eastington), 1 and presumably Eastington as part of Fretherne; 2 Whitstone hundred contained 30 hides and included Standish, Haresfield, Moreton Valence, Longney, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… The parish and township of Altcar ALTCAR Acrer, Dom. Bk. (exceptional); … Altcarre, 1439; Alker, 1587; Allkar, 1604. The situation and aspect of this parish and township are sufficiently … of pasture and turbary and also the right to dig for marl to be used upon the tenement; also 'with housebote, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… The parish and township of Aughton Introduction and church AUGHTON … the interest on a sum of 21 9 s. derived from the sale of marl from one of the fields. In addition, a sum of 60, of … by Rector Stananought. It has been increased by sales of marl and from other sources, and now amounts to 161, invested …