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A History of the County of Oxford
… or tunnelled) 'stones for the Chimneyes', slates and moss, and 'gargel table', the cornice at the base of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… and by argillaceous schist: the extensive tracts of peat-moss furnish fuel for exportation. There is little or no … and rendered profitable, consists of moorland pasture, moss, and waste. The surface is generally undulating, without … in the neighbourhood of the moors are large tracts of peat-moss. The crops are oats and bear, with turnips and potatoes, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… West, in his Antiquities of Furness, as lying on a bed of moss, which is found by digging through a layer of sand and …
A History of the County of Stafford
… commons, High Heath, Shelfield Green, Coalheath, and Moss Pit Green to the west of Shelfield, covered 37 a.; …
A History of the County of Stafford
… boys' buildings in Lichfield Street. In 1918 they leased Moss Close, a house in Mellish Road, as a junior department … grammar school was opened on the Mayfield estate in 1961. Moss Close was then closed and the junior boys moved to the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… way; in 1869 the western end was straightened across the Moss Close area as Mellish Road, which takes its name from … D. 260/M/E/174, 20 June, 24 Sept., 10 Oct. 1867. For Moss Close see Plot, Staffs. 159; Shaw, Staffs. ii. 66; …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 3592 acres, of which 500 are undivided moor and peat moss; the soil is generally argillaceous, interspersed with … It comprises 1026 acres, partly a sandy soil, and partly moss. The Mersey and Irwell canal passes in the vicinity. The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… tillage, 1200 in meadow and pasture, and 32 uncultivated moss; the surface is flat, and the chief produce cheese and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the latter portion, the soil is partly clay and partly moss. The Trent and Mersey canal, and the Liverpool and …