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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a strong vein has also been found: there are grit and gravel mines, worked by a company, and stone is quarried, … soil various, but chiefly clay, with a subsoil of clay and gravel; and the scenery pleasing, the views embracing …
A History of the County of Sussex
… for the town, which may have been exacerbated by the extraction of clay, sand, and other materials from the beach …
A History of the County of Sussex
… use until c. 1910. 5 In 1791 the right to remove stones, gravel, and sand from Worthing beach was worth £5 to the lord …
A History of the County of Sussex
… of Warwick Road, were also in existence by 1811, 54 and Gravel or Greville Terrace to the south of it apparently by …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… stiff clay, and in the lower a heavy marl, alternated with gravel; the surface is varied, in some parts hilly, in others …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… of the rest of the parish lies on boulder clay or sand and gravel, while some terrace gravel is associated with the river Tern and Rushmoor lies on …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… arable. The soil is generally a rich loam, alternated with gravel; the surface is undulated, and the substratum contains …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the Hadley and Coalport formations occur. Some sand and gravel lies along Trench Road. 14 There was little settlement …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Middle Ages; an iron ore mine was noted in 1324. Regular extraction, however, probably began in the early 17th … the mines on his own account after Francis Charlton's extraction of most of the easily available surface coal, and … were finding employment in the Wrockwardine Wood mines. 87 Extraction was stimulated by the expansion of Shropshire's …