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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… meadow, and pasture: the soil varies, but is principally chalk and clay; the surface is elevated, and in some parts … the soil is tolerably fertile, and there are quarries of chalk and blue lias, which are burnt into lime for manure. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… country. The number of acres is 1769. The substratum is chalk, which is dug in large quantities, and sent to …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… sites. The hundred lies mainly upon the Lower and Middle Chalk, 8 and the ground rises steadily from the north, where …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… where my mortal existence nearly terminated 56 years ago. Chalk and cheese are not good climbing material.' BL, Add. MS … 100, Edward Whymper to Henry Montagnier, 8 March 1910. The chalk cliffs at Beachy Head have been climbed using modern …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… p., of which 335 acres are in wood. The soil is generally chalk, alternated with gravel and clay; the surface is for …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… timber of stately growth. The soil is fertile, resting on chalk, of which there are several pits. The living is a … Freestone of good quality for building is quarried, and chalk is burnt into lime for manure. A fair is held at …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 2800 acres. The soil is of light quality, resting upon chalk and gravel; the surface in the western portion is flat, …
Statutes of the Realm
… of New Windsor James Bridgeman James Perry John Smith John Chalk William Peasly Steward Nicholas Courtney John Topham …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… has invented and found out a way for converting stone and chalk into lime, and that by the heat thereof, water and … of the sole use of his invention for converting stone and chalk into lime. [ Ibid., p. 469.] Dec. 29. Whitehall. …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… has sent me, with Piccard and Carl, to Brussels for the chalk. We have undoubtedly been deceived by that rogue. We …