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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… loam, and in others a black earth, resting principally on chalk and flint. The grounds are intersected by the rapid …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… valley on the E. bank of the R. Allen; it is entirely on Chalk, between 100 ft. and 225 ft. above sea-level. Land at … building (23 ft. by 12 ft.) with flint walls and a rammed chalk floor. Upon the floor was a d. of Henry II, mediaeval … now heavily ploughed, is on the gentle N. slope of a low Chalk spur in the angle between two Roman roads which …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… (SP 01381803), cut by possibly late Romano-British pits, near Foxcote Manor, was noted in 1935 in the face of a … a wide valley, close to the Foxcote Brook. Three irregular pits contained Iron Age pottery including stamped ware; two of the pits also contained bone combs, perhaps late Romano-British …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the entry, which at that date provided access to tan pits close to the river. 38 Such broad street-entries were …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe residents licences to fish and dredge. 80 Oyster pits were rented from the lord of the manor in 1563 and … Towns, Wivenhoe, 3. E.C.S. 19 Apr. 1974; Dir. of Quarries, Pits and Quarry equipment (1994 edn.). Eve. Gaz. 15 Aug. 1988. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… E. of the village, on gravel at 91 m. above OD. Several pits and ditches have been found, containing Iron Age pottery … be of mid-Saxon date, has been found here, together with pits and other features (local inf.). Fig. 160 Wollaston (27, … S. side of York Road. During building development medieval pits and ditches, building-stone and pottery, including …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 88 common. The soil consists in general of clay resting on chalk, alternated with heavy loam, but in some parts is wet …