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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 49 In 1965 the college owned 300 a. of farmland, chalk pits (10 a.), allotments (15 a.), and Cherry Hinton School's … 10 a. of allotments in 1983. In 1998 it retained the chalk pits, 5 a. of allotments, 15 a. used for science parks, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… village in a parish of 2,900 acres, lying entirely on Chalk between 250 ft. and 800 ft. above sea-level. Three … first barrow covered several cists cut into the natural chalk and filled with ashes; two others contained no … in which two urns were found in cists cut into the natural chalk and a coin of Diocletian was found just under the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in the more elevated parts, is a dry thin loam resting on chalk, and in the valleys a rich loam on a gravelly bottom. … some parts a rich clay, mixed with red sand, and in others chalk of fertile quality. The living is a rectory, valued in …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 18 The soil lay largely upon gault, covered in places with chalk marl, but mostly, except in parts of the west, with … building line was set back by 30 ft., the owners of brick pits there being expensively compens- ated for their removal. … Railway Tavern stood nearby. 1 The neighbouring ballast pits, much used for skating in winter in the mid 19th …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… between church and chapel parties. 37 The two gravel pits, 3 a., allotted at inclosure, were apparently worked out …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Down (Plate 35). The site (94501490) occupies a S.-facing Chalk slope, about 330 ft. above sea-level, within an area of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Cheveley CHEVELEY Cheveley occupies a slice of chalk downland and clay-capped hills stretching south-east … half, below 90 m. (300 ft.), is on Middle and Upper Chalk underlying soils of gravelly loam, incised by the … 63 South of the heath, open fields extended over the Chalk valley and the rising land to its south until their …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… For centuries Cheveley was divided into arable land in the Chalk valley north of the village, pasture closes and woods … of inclosure there were 1,479 a. of arable mainly on the Chalk and 478 a. of pasture mainly on the clay. 85 In 1086 …