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Calendar of Treasury Books
… for the service of the garrison there, of 50 tons more of chalk for lime for finishing the barracks and fortifications …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… comprehending almost every kind, except such as contain chalk or flints. The crops are various; those commonly …
A History of the County of Sussex
… character. 70 The south part consists of rolling chalk downland often over 500 ft. high, dissected by dry … omnibus. 79 A narrow ridge of Upper Greensand north of the chalk carries Washington village and the site of Rowdell … a venue for musters in the 17th century. 83 Except for the chalk country in the south, the parish is well watered by …
A Dictionary of London
… than the military high way, but with a substratum of chalk and a pavement of flint, have been found at the eastenn …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… yds. wide and nearly 3 miles long. The S. third is all on Chalk, sloping down to the N. from just over 400 ft. above O.D.; N. of the Chalk is a broad band of Reading Beds and then a band of …
A History of the County of Hertford
… where it joins the Colne. The whole parish lies on the chalk formation, more or less deeply covered with gravel, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is undulated, the scenery picturesque, and the soil partly chalk and partly clay. The market is on Wednesday; and fairs …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and the soil presents great variety, being composed of chalk, clay, sand, and gravel. The Hull and Selby railway … rest arable and pasture; the soil on the hills rests on chalk, and that in the remainder of the parish on clay. A … is hilly, and the soil chiefly loam, resting on gravel and chalk; the river Mimram runs through the grounds, and falls …
A History of the County of Essex
… stiffer and colder clays overlain by deposits of flint, chalk, sand, and occasionally loam. Brickearth is found in …