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Calendar of Treasury Books
… Books there are two odd volumes numbered Minute Book 624 and 625. These volumes begin on the 28th Sept., 1668, and extend respectively to 16712, Jan. 24, and 1671, June 2. … and Titus. Hensius. Booth. Lloyd. Billing. [Earl of] Marl[borough]. Council clerks [warrants] subscr. buntur. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… him as a most suitable situation for works of this nature, and his example having been followed by others, the … has been completely drained, for the sake of obtaining the marl and peat with which it abounded, and which have been … a black mould, in some places sandy, resting on till or marl, producing, under skilful management, good average crops …
A History of the County of Somerset
… of the Poldens. 1 It lies 7 km. south-west of Glastonbury and includes Ashcott village and the hamlets of Pedwell, Nythe, Buscott, Berhill, and … marked by pockets of Rhaetic clay. A narrow band of Keuper marl borders Sedgemoor, and a small outcrop of the same in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… from whom it descended by female heirs to the Veres and Trussells: about 1580 it was sold by Edward Vere, Earl of … Esq., of Manchester, who has much improved the mansion and grounds, and introduced the latest system of agriculture. … the surface is generally flat, and the soil clay and marl. The Lancaster canal and the Preston and Wyre railway …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the union of Marlborough, hundred of Selkley, Marlborough and Ramsbury, and N. divisions of Wilts, 6 miles (W. by S.) … is hilly, and the soil in general a rich productive marl, chiefly laid out in pasture. The living, which before … of sheep, while that in the valleys is a strong clay and marl, and is excellent dairy-land. Limestone and good …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 16 km. south-west of Gloucester between the river Severn and the Forest of Dean. The large parish contained seven … estates, numerous ancient farmsteads, the industrial and trading village of Blakeney which replaced Awre village … centre of the parish is formed of the lower lias and red marl, while an extensive level at Awre Point, 94 enclosed by …
A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 10
… PARISH, which lies east of the Fosse way between Ilchester and Shepton Mallet, comprises the village of Babcary to the … partly encircled by the river Cary, the hamlets of Higher and Lower Foddington on low hills to the east, Steart on the flatter ground to the south, and several farmsteads. The river Cary forms most of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… on the road from Lincoln to Louth; the soil is fertile, and abounds with a fine chalk marl, which is used as manure. The living is a discharged … style of English architecture, with an embattled tower, and has a font of very ancient date, highly ornamented; in a …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… 11 miles east of York astride the York-Hull trunk road and close to the market-town of Pocklington. 1 The village … 1901 50 a. were transferred to Pocklington civil parish, 7 and in 1960 the boundaries of the civil and ecclesiastical … entirely covered with outwash sand and gravel, but Keuper marl and sandstone, glacial sand and gravel, and alluvium …
A History of the County of Sussex
… comprising 31 a. were added to Yapton between 1882 and 1891, so that in 1971 Barnham had 340 ha. (841 a.). 2 The eastern tip of the parish and a salient of Barnham into Yapton in the south-east were … between the house and the Barnham brook, including former marlpits, 15 was laid out as a wild garden in the late 1930s, …