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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and the soil, on the whole, good, consisting of clay, sand, and gravel, with bog. The living is a discharged …
A History of the County of Essex
… just north of the Alresford road, and that gravel and sand were extracted in the west of the parish. 70 In 1633 … century had Wivenhoe owners, were reloaded with ballast of sand or shingle. 24 Mastmaking, cooperage, and provisioning … outside the district, mainly in Col- chester. 36 Wivenhoe Sand, Stone & Gravel Co., later Redland Aggregates Ltd., was …
A History of the County of Essex
… the higher parts. Much of the parish is glacial gravel and sand, but there is glacial loam in the north-east and in a … of the quay and early town where there is an outcrop of sand and gravel. 91 COMMUNICATIONS The road from Col- chester …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… 350 m. E. of (3) and immediately E. of Vicarage Farm, on sand at 62 m. above OD. Air photographs (CUAP, ZE 757, ZJ 80, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… between 5000 and 6000 acres, the soil of which embraces sand, loam, and clay. On the southern bank of the river Went, … the soil is partly clay, but the larger portion of it sand: ironstone abounds. The Wey and Arun canal passes … 1015 a. 3 r. 13 p.; the surface is flat, the soil chiefly sand and clay. The Kennet and Avon canal passes through the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… George's. 89 Several sandpits were dug to get the drift sand between Trench Pool and Oakengates in the later 19th and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Oakengates town stands on a band of boulder clay and sand and gravel overlying the Middle Coal Measures. The coal …