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A History of the County of Lancaster
… The surface of the country is level, with an upper soil of clay, beneath which a stiffer red clay lies. Meadow lands alternate with fields of potatoes and … each worth 40 s., &c.; had made pits and taken marl and clay, and sold it to the value of 60 s.; had cut down eight …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… to the majority of the people. The soil is boulder clay, sand and gravel, overlying red marls. The market has …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… in pasture. The soil is gravelly, with subsoil of sand and clay. A large boulder stone lying about half a mile from the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… to time, particularly from various potters desirous to dig clay in the park of Knowsley and make pots there. Beside rent …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… the township. The soil is loam, the subsoil being sand and clay. The chief crops are wheat, oats, and potatoes. The …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… hall in Towngate. The soil is sandy, overlying gravel and clay; wheat, oats, beans, barley and potatoes are grown. The …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… The soil is for the most part sandy, with a subsoil of clay. The geological formation of the north-eastern half of … did likewise take some thatch with some of the dust or clay which was part of the wall of the house, and did all the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… cotta factory are worked and bricks are made. The soil is clay; the agricultural land is mostly in pasture. In 1666 …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… the neighbourhood, are obscured by sand and deep boulder clay, and along the coast by blown sand which obscures the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… that in digging about them urns made of the coarsest clay [and] containing human dust and bones have been …