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A History of the County of Shropshire
… around Leaton and Overley Hill during the 19th century. Extraction continued on a small scale until c. 1960 when new …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 1400 acres. The soil is a strong clay, alternated with gravel and chalk, with a portion of rich deep loam; the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… land is Oxford clay, interspersed with terraces of river gravel. The largest gravel terrace is in the north-east, in the area known as the … Hill and Sandy Lane. Much of the village stands on gravel, while the lower land is river alluvium. 52 Yarnton's …
A History of the County of Oxford
… house. 41 The cottage may have stood at the east end of Gravel Pits Lane. 42 Contributions to the Wesleyan circuit …
A History of the County of Oxford
… described as strong loam on clay above a substratum of gravel; the grass, of good quality, was chiefly in the old …
A History of the County of Oxford
… site, lies on river alluvium at a height of c. 65 m.; gravel deposits cover the higher ground in the north of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… powerful, and many of them breaking out through the gravel at the eastern foot of the Wolds, combine to form the river Hull. In the gravel beds resting on the chalk, to the east of where this …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… yard has long been grassed. It was levelled in 1777 when gravel paths were also made. 58 Since about 1790 it has had …
Survey of London
… the Baptists of Southwark built 201 a meeting house in Gravel Lane on ground held by lease from the Bishop of Winchester. At that time Gravel Lane extended northwards to the river along the line …