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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… to roof. The ashlar-faced external walls are mainly of limestone and Greensand, with Ham Hill stone for many of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… six considerable villages; it abounds with coal and limestone, and its surface is highly varied. The Stockton and … of which is two-thirds sandstone, and one-third magnesian limestone; and forms a fine agricultural district. The manor …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… about 200 acres of hop grounds; a small portion of limestone is found within its limits. The living is a … pasture: the Mendip hill, close to the town, abounds with limestone of excellent quality for building and for burning … is a strong clay and marl, and is excellent dairy-land. Limestone and good building-stone are abundant. The village …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… 16th-century bricks; the tower and the dressings are of limestone; the roofs are covered with tiles, slates and lead. …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… imported sandstone and a concentration of fire-reddened limestone. The sherds are in Gloucester City Museum. Avening. … the foot of the scarp is a partly buried block of dressed limestone, 2 ft. by 1 ft., with a groove and a square socket …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… of the bank later made difficult to use. Vessels brought limestone to Woodend in the 1820s when there was a limekiln …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… shales, including the Upper Ludlow rock, the Aymestrey limestone, the Lower Ludlow rocks, the Wenlock limestone, and Wenlock shale, are well exhibited in the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… in the S. part of the parish. The walls are of local limestone rubble with ashlar and dressings of the same … 2 m. N.E. of the parish church. The walls are of local limestone rubble, mostly plastered; the dressings are of the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… the parish is an almost level table-land of Great Oolite Limestone at about 145 m. above OD. From there the land … S. of Rainsborough hill fort (Newbottle (1)), on limestone at 146 m. above OD. On air photographs taken in … 533343), lie in the N.W. corner of the parish on Oolite Limestone at 137 m. above OD. In 1872 a line of stones 10 m. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… It comprises 800 acres; and contains abundance of limestone, and some coal, of which a mine is in full … of cider is made; there is a large supply of excellent limestone. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the …