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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is generally a deep clay, interspersed occasionally with chalk, and gravel; and sandstone, in which fossils are …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… outcrops over the whole parish except its north end, where chalk outcrops and the southern scarp of the Marlborough …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… about 1100 acres, of which the soil is principally chalk, and the surface boldly undulated. The living is a …
A History of the County of Sussex
… superseded by a temporary supply from a well sunk in the chalk at Lyons farm, Broadwater, 91 and from 1897 by a new …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of itself. The town is situated near the foot of the chalk hills, on the road from Maidstone to London, and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The soil is a strong clay, alternated with gravel and chalk, with a portion of rich deep loam; the surface is flat, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… to the main wall. The walls are about 10 ft. high, of chalk rubble repaired with brick. In the longest wall, at the … with chamfered jambs and a two-centred drop arch, of chalk, and is possibly of the 14th century: the third …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 29 For much of its length the boundary is marked by roads. Chalk outcrops over the whole parish, which lies on a plateau … church. 45 The present Manor Farm is a house built of chalk in the 17th century, encased in brick in the 18th, and … 71 ALL SAINTS' church, so called in 1763, 72 is built of chalk blocks and freestone and has a chancel with north …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… region. The Wolds are a magnificent assemblage of lofty chalk hills, extending from the banks of the Humber in the … principal mineral productions of the East Riding are, the chalk of the Wolds, which is occasionally used in building, … value either for building or burning. The springs in the chalk are remarkably powerful, and many of them breaking out …
A History of the County of Somerset
… New Red Sandstone (Trias), Lias, Oolite, Greensand and Chalk, with extensive alluvial deposits, from which it …