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A History of the County of Oxford
… of chalk, and although some fields are covered with brown flints they are worth much more an acre than a stranger would …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… impunity, but to plough the 'blackland', loose soil on flints or chalk on hillsides, was to turn it into a derelict …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… St. George, constructed almost entirely on broken flints. Although this meadow failed sometimes in low summers, … 272 By the mid-century the twowheel plough was used on flints only, where it was steadier, 273 although it came back …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… alabaster along with white rock MARBLE and lime calcinated flints were used to help the fermentation of WINE, and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… it was built of Roman tiles and bricks, and partly of flints. Of two hospitals founded by the abbots, and dedicated …