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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… are of brick and timber. The roofs are covered with lead. Of the 12th-century church only some fragments of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… stone dressings; the roofs are covered with slate and with lead, except that of the N. porch which is tiled. Three bays …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… of Weldon and Ketton stone and the roofs are covered with lead. The Nave arcades are of late 13th-century date and the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… to Lake Wall, the roads to Bridgwater and Middlezoy which lead out of it, and short side roads. During the later 18th …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… labours. On the opposite side of the hill was a prolific lead-mine, now exhausted; and there are quarries of excellent … appearance. Some flights of steps, of Portland stone, lead to the sands, to which also is a gently sloping descent …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… limestone and clunch; the roofs are covered with tiles and lead. The W. end of the N. wall of the Nave is thicker than …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Roman Doric columns under a plain cornice carrying a lead-covered dome with ball-finial and wrought-iron … storeys; the walls are of ashlar and the flat roof is lead-covered. The building is of early 18th-century date but … exception of that to the N. aisle which is covered with lead. The church has been entirely rebuilt and enlarged in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… village, is built of sandstone. The roofs are covered with lead, except those of the chancel and N. chapel which are …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… best quality, or with a mixture of TIN, QUICKSILVER and LEAD. This not only gave an inferior product, but was also … 'alum, sulphur, and white and green vitriols, from lead-glitter, blue-stone, and iron-ores [Patents (1780)]. OED …