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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the mountains in the neighbourhood abound with coal and ironstone, and in the surrounding districts numerous …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… till, of which the rocks on the coast principally consist; ironstone is found in great abundance on the beach, and coal … the shore, which is carefully collected for manure. The ironstone is chiefly obtained in nodules of from one to two …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… are of pebble-rubble with dressings of Barnack, Ketton, ironstone and clunch; the roofs are covered with tiles and … orders; the jambs have alternate courses of Barnack and ironstone; the label has been cut back. In the W. wall is a …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Abdon common 10 and were abandoned when local demand for ironstone ceased. 11 Nevertheless the parish had 30 houses in … sunken track, was disused by 1883. 61 There were coal and ironstone mines east and south of the parish boundary, on the … 63 A miner was mentioned in 1715. 64 Demand for local ironstone fell in the later 18th century with the decline of …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… of its constituent parts; gneiss is also common, and ironstone, limestone, topaz, crystallized quartz, and … indebted for its rise to the numerous mines of coal and ironstone with which the parish and adjoining district …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… hearths have been excavated after their discovery during ironstone-quarrying ( Northants. Archaeol., 14 (1979), 325). … hearths and some ditches have been excavated during ironstone-quarrying ( Northants. Archaeol., 14 (1979), 34 6). … NM Records). A 1st-century Roman brooch (NM) came from ironstone-workings before 1960 (SP 91279533) and a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Burial (centred SP 966752) was found in 1883 by ironstone diggers on the slopes of the Nene Valley near the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… have all the usual accompaniments of that mineral, except ironstone; but hitherto only a small profit has been derived …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… which are found thin seams of coal, slate clay, and clay ironstone; the sandstone is of a grey colour, very durable, … fine sandstone well adapted for building, limestone, and ironstone; several attempts have been made to discover coal, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… two pairs of Roman Doric columns in Northampton Sand Ironstone, a frieze with irregular-spaced triglyphs and … range, and two pairs of Doric columns of Northampton Sand Ironstone on panelled pedestals. Within the reveals of the …