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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… except at the tops of the hills, where it is a stiff clay. The living is a vicarage, with the living of …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… Margaret his wife. 9 Margaret, who had been wife of John Clay, 35 H. 8, claimed against Thomas Fayrfax, sergeant at …
Historical Account of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
… Sir M. W. Ridley's property; but, in consequence of taking clay from the ground it occupied, another road was made, a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… quality, in some parts sandy, and in others a stiff clay. Allerton Hall was until 1816 the residence of William … round which, more than sixty years ago, urns of coarse clay were found, containing human bones: the stones were …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The township comprises 2155 acres; the soil is sand and clay. There is a place of worship for Unitarians. Allowenshay … part, is a sandy loam, having a wet sub-soil of marl and clay. A tram railway for the conveyance of coal from Brecon …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of which 10 are common or waste; the soil is sand and clay. The impropriate tithes have been commuted for 106, … and comprises 2076 acres; the soil is chiefly sand, clay, and fox-bench. On the heath is a mere, which, though … little flame, but emits an intense heat, and, mixed with clay, is made into balls for fuel. There are two large …
Office-Holders in Modern Britain
… Sept. 1820 (T 29/89 p. 397). D. 17 Sept. 1820 (T 41/5). Clay, Frederick Emes Third Class Clerk 1 Sept. 1857-17 Aug. …
A History of the County of Stafford
… moor and a softer mudstone in the area east of it. Boulder Clay overlies the rock north-east of the village and also … is silty, and over the Millstone Grit it is loam and clay. 67 Nine people in Alstonefield township were assessed …
A History of the County of Stafford
… parish into the Manifold, and the soil is mostly loam over clay. 46 The number of people in Fawfieldhead owing suit at … at Reaps Moor offered for sale in 1877. 10 The remains of clay diggings are visible near the house. There was a cheese …
A History of the County of Stafford
… the east where it is coarse loam. Elsewhere it is mostly clay and loam, with peat on the west side of Morridge. 66 …