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A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… and in the importation of corn, flour and meal, coal, limestone, American and Baltic timber, hides, and grocery. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… and midland portions; but in the northern district, limestone, ironstone, pyrites, alum, and fire-clay are … Club. The rateable annual value of the parish is 4704. Limestone is abundant; but it has not been wrought to any … of grain. The rateable annual value of the parish is 4611. Limestone and coal are found in various parts; the former is …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… with dressings of the same material and of a local sandy limestone; the roofs are covered with slates. The church …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… excavated by Mrs. E. M. Clifford in 19546, are on a limestone gravel terrace overlying Fuller's Earth, 30 to 40 … level ridge has now become arable. The broken pattern of limestone banks covers at least 10 acres. The banks are up to …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… acres: the surface is marked by numerous hills formed of limestone; the soil runs through several varieties, and is … The principal branch of manufacture is that of serge: limestone is obtained in large quantities, and of excellent … is fertile, and the substrata abound in mineral varieties; limestone and blue lias are quarried, and lead, iron, and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Most surviving houses are 17th-century or later, of local limestone rubble with stone-slated or, less commonly, … from the name. 80 The house as remodelled, of coursed limestone with ashlar dressings, is quadrangular, of 2 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and in 1370 and 1521 to St. Beornwald. 52 It is chiefly of limestone rubble with stone-slated roofs, and is of notable …
A History of the County of Oxford
… farmland in 1921. 52 The surviving building, 53 of coursed limestone rubble with ashlar dressings, is two-storeyed with …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the original college estate, and is a U-shaped building of limestone rubble with stone-slated roofs. It was apparently …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the west on Cornbrash, Forest Marble, and oolitic White Limestone. The land is gently undulating with few prominent … noted frequently. The villages are built chiefly of local limestone rubble with thatched or stone-slated roofs, but …