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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 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… curtain wall. York Castle: South Angle Tower A drawbridge pit 12 ft. deep survives in front of the site of the gate. A … to the N.E. tower and a wall on the S.W. side of the pit. In the later Middle Ages the gate was probably …
A History of the County of Somerset
… New Red Sandstone (Trias), Lias, Oolite, Greensand and Chalk, with extensive alluvial deposits, from which it …