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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… township are 2073 acres, the soil of which is partly clay and partly sand. A branch of the Chester canal passes … arable, and partly meadow and pasture. The soil is chiefly clay; the surface is hilly, and the lower grounds are watered …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 1645-6. 94 Most of the rest of the parish lies on boulder clay or sand and gravel, while some terrace gravel is … associated with the river Tern and Rushmoor lies on lake clay. 95 Late 17th- Century Wrockwardine Domesday Book …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of cheese are produced. The soil varies from loam to clay. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books at … arable, pasture, and meadow; the soil is chiefly a strong clay, the surface partly flat, and partly undulated. Wroxhall …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Across the lower, northern half of the township boulder clay and small outcrops of sandstone from the Hadley and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… large lumps of ironstone weighing up to ½ cwt. set in blue clay or shale known as 'crows' or 'hatter's blocks'. 79 Sir … companies, and it remained in multiple occupation in 1982. Clay industries. In 1764 Richard Jones, a Wellington brick and tile maker, took the lease of a clay mine in Brick Kiln field in order to make bricks and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 30s there were c. 200 Easter communicants. 22 Miss E. M. Clay, dissatisfied with the ministry and witness of the vicar …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… field to the west, Dale (or Dole) field to the north, and Clay field and Clayhorns farther north still. Leaton field … agriculture was always limited. In 1712 Thomas Binnell dug clay on Rushmoor for brick and tile making. 18 A brick kiln …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… comprises by measurement 2920 acres: the soil is partly clay, and partly a rich red loam; the surface is undulated. … It comprises about 1400 acres. The soil is a strong clay, alternated with gravel and chalk, with a portion of … and the remainder pasture and meadow; the soil is a cold clay, and the surface is undulated. The living is a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… loam, fertile and well cultivated, with extensive beds of clay beneath. Great quantities of excellent red tiles are … beans, and the meadows and pastures are luxuriantly rich; clay of good quality for bricks is abundant. The Friarage, a … in some parts fenny land, and in others a retentive clay. The village is irregularly, but neatly, built, …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… of which the most common was YELLOW OCHRE; or a YELLOWish CLAY. In either case the yellow colour occurs through the …