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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… was found within the last century, by some men digging peat; and cannon-balls, military weapons, coins, and other … millstones, and in several places a considerable depth of peat-moss occurs. There are two mansion-houses; … part, in groups of houses; the fuel formerly in use was peat, but the cutting of it has been recently prohibited, and …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… consists partly of loam and clay, partly of gravel and peat, and, when manured with lime, seasand, and dung, yields …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… and pasture was pared and burnt, 88 and in 1818 an area of peat near Henley common was set on fire and allowed to burn …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and the remainder large tracts of moor abounding with peat and turf: the surface is varied, in some parts …
A History of the County of Stafford
… nominated by the bailiff should each bring a load of peat annually to John Harpur's manor house at Alstonefield …
A History of the County of Stafford
… is coarse loam. Elsewhere it is mostly clay and loam, with peat on the west side of Morridge. 66 HEATHYLEE 1994 The …
A History of the County of Stafford
… is poor-quality clay and loam, and there are patches of peat. 76 Panniers Pool or Three Shire Heads on the north-west …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… and a black peaty earth, under which are generally beds of peat, forming useful turbaries. There is also an abundance of … various admixtures of sandy loam, rounded pebbles, gravel, peat, &c., occupy the greater part of the island, and are … county. Anglesey being comparatively destitute of coal, peat, and wood, the inhabitants are chiefly supplied with …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… a large part being waste. The soil is sand and moss peat on sand and clay subsoil. Manor ANGERTON MOSS was …