Search
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… lies to the E. The E. part is mainly covered by Boulder Clay and slopes gently W. between 90 m. and 100 m. above OD. … area between 45 m. and 60 m. above OD, partly floored by clay but with extensive areas of river gravel and alluvium … but there are also many settlements on the higher Boulder Clay, most of which have been discovered by field-walking. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 223 wood, and 88 common. The soil consists in general of clay resting on chalk, alternated with heavy loam, but in … two-thirds are arable, and 251 acres woodland; the soil is clay, producing excellent wheat, and there is some very fine …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the Oxford canal. The eastern, higher, ground is on Oxford Clay and the Wolvercote gravel terrace, with an area of brick … between the lowlying alluvium and the higher gravel and clay has been reflected in the division of the parish into …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and 6000 acres, the soil of which embraces sand, loam, and clay. On the southern bank of the river Went, are some … grounds present some fine views; the soil is a loamy clay. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the … and flat in the opposite direction; the soil is partly clay, but the larger portion of it sand: ironstone abounds. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… at the Charlton forge, Oakengates. 82 Other industries. Clay was available both as a local drift deposit and as a … nationalization in 1947 reduced the supply of deep mined clay, which became difficult to obtain although some was got …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… is uncertain. Oakengates town stands on a band of boulder clay and sand and gravel overlying the Middle Coal Measures. … of the faults, on the eastern side of the dividing band of clay and gravel, the workable coal seams are overlain by the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… inhabitants. It comprises 1210 acres, the soil of which is clay, with peat. Woodford (St. Mary) WOODFORD ( St. Mary), a … are found limestone and red-sandstone; in the valley, clay, and a coarse stone belonging to the inferior oolite; … to the poor. Fossils are found in the limestone and clay, in the parish. Woodford (St. Mary) WOODFORD ( St. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… and Inchbrook valleys are formed by deposits of Upper Lias Clay and Midford Sand, and most of the western part of the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… well drained arable in the centre, and a wooded clay plateau to the south-east. 21 Twice as long as it is … was the accepted usage in 2001. A cap of boulder clay above 90 m. (295 ft.) rises gently to 120 m. (394 ft.) … open fields until inclosure under an Act of 1813. 34 The clay plateau was densely wooded when the Devil's Ditch was …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 1851 when there were 11 of them. 79 Bricks were made from clay dug south of Parsonage Farm in the 1880s, but the works …