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Old and New London
… these celebrated productions. They are drawn with chalk upon strong paper, and coloured in distemper, and are … of the highest interest in enamel, oil, and water-colour, chalk and pencil, by the leading miniaturists from the …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… of Norwich for 16 l. rent per ann. with lands, &c. in East Chalk in Kent. Here it remained till the Dissolution, when it …
A History of the County of Sussex
… had been constructed by 1811, 73 for the import of lime, chalk, and coal; 74 the wharf basin survived in 1982. The … wound up and the navigation abandoned, 81 though coal and chalk were still brought to Bay Bridge c. 1890. 82 The wharf …
A History of the County of Sussex
… wharf three limekilns were set up after c. 1840, using chalk brought up river; they apparently ceased operation …
A History of the County of Essex
… mill and the site of another mill, both north of the chalk causeway at Stratford. 40 This lost mill seems to have …
A History of the County of Essex
… 1866 the firm appears to have been reconstituted as Grays Chalk Quarries Ltd., which continued until about 1929. 230 … Meeson & Sons); Kelly's Dir. Essex (18661926) (Grays Chalk Quarries Ltd.). E.R.O., T/P 48/3. E.R.O., D/DB T782. L. …
A History of the County of Essex
… there were specialized wharfs at Stratford for timber, chalk, stone, coal, and wheat, as well as some for general …
A History of the County of Sussex
… corner in 1896. 4 The north part of the parish lay on the chalk, rising to 300 ft. in the north-west corner, and the …
The Environs of London
… twenty acres of common 1. The soil is various; sand, loam, chalk, and clay. This parish pays the sum of 62l. 12s. to the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… and in common. Half the cultivated arable lay on the chalk uplands ('on the hill'), but this was only worth half … of Westbury, there was some arable cultivation on the chalk downlands as well as on the more fertile soil beneath. … parish lay in or near the tithing of Bratton on the chalk downs south of the village, and grazing rights were …