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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… soil in general is light, with the exception of some boggy peat soil: there is a great quantity of granite, locally …
Old and New London
… to galvanise the corpse of chivalry. In 1831 Sir Robert Peat was installed into the office of grand prior; and in … of the sixth Langue was formally revived. Sir Robert Peat was succeeded in 1837 by Sir Henry Dymoke, seventeenth …
Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III
… of four loads of charcoal for sale d.; of each cartload of peat and brushwood for sale d.; of each piece of grease, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… old parish had been drowned or destroyed by the digging of peat and making of sewers: Inq. Non. 203. Cal. Papal Letters, …
A History of the County of York
… bakehouse, brewhouse, and a loft. Turbary for sufficient peat was provided, and an annual stipend of 6 marks each. The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… It comprises 355 acres, the soil of which is clay, with peat. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… at the base, and thirty feet in height. In the peat-bogs are frequently discovered alder-trees and hazel in …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and cottagers holding by lease were allowed to cut peat. About 1336 the standard half yardlands on Crowlands … was confirmed, 54 and it survived until inclosure. 55 Peat digging in the fens was recorded from the early 14th … 58 and farmhouses still had turfhouses for storing peat in the early 19th. 59 Among other fen products in the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… northern part of the parish lies below 4.5 m. (15 ft.). 50 Peat beds in the north-east corner of the parish have almost … the ground surface had been lowered by the removal of peat. 72 Schemes put forward in the 1610s to improve the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and in 1344 agreement was reached on new regulations for peat digging by a meeting in church of tenants of all the …