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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… This parish, which includes the hamlet of Bures, and contains 1557 a. 2 r. 37 p., was anciently parcel of the … was divided among several proprietors. The soil is rich, and constitutes fine cornland; the scenery is picturesque. A … alluvial and partly a sandy loam containing a mixture of marl. The Alt bounds the parish on the south, having various …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… removed from the Forest by a perambulation made in 1300 and confirmed in 1327. 4 Alvington parish contained 1,582 a. … north end of the later parish was in an area of woodland and waste, where the inhabitants of Alvington and Aylburton, both owned by Llanthony priory, Gloucester, in …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… America and West Indies December 1719 December 1719 Dec. 1/12. Paris. … that gave the malcontents at home to blacken the Ministers and Government, as if they sacrificed all the dearest … will be able to settle the affair of Sta. Lucia with the Marl'. D'Estres. Copy. p. [ C.O. 253, 1. No. 19.] Dec. 3. …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… America and West Indies May 1739 May 1739 155 May 2 Hanover Square … day to see the Duke of Newcastle at the House of Commons and promised him that I would look over my notes in order to … Spaniards do produce their title before we show them ours and that they will also transmit the Spanish pretensions …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… America and West Indies October 1719 October 1719 Oct. 1. Custom Ho., … Placentia. 402. Lt. Govr. Gledhill to the Council of Trade and Plantations. Since my arrival here I've visited most of … withdrawn. I went in the evening with Coll. Bladen to the Marl. D'Etres, who told us that he would shew us very good …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… - Atpar Amlwch AMLWCH, a parliamentary borough, a seaport, and parish, in the hundred of Twrcelyn, union and county of … soil on hard rock; a quick warm soil, invigorated by marl; a reddish and stiffish loam; and a black peaty earth, … and in the vicinity of Llanvair-ynghornwy. Three kinds of Marl are found in the county, adjacent to its limestone …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… St. ANDREW'S, ST., a city, the seat of a university, and anciently the metropolitan see of Scotland, in the … with the villages of Boarhills, Grange, Kincaple, and Strathkinness, 6017 inhabitants, of whom 3959 are in the … which is brought from Cumberland, at a moderate cost; marl, also, is found in the parish, and a great abundance of …
A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 10
… closely tied to Castle Cary it had its own common fields and park, which had been largely inclosed by the 1680s. THE PARISH and village of Ansford lie south of the river Brue and east … pasture but closes called Ansford Field, Barley Close, and Marlpits produced wheat, beans, oats, and potatoes in …
Calendar of Treasury Books
… Appendix I March 1661 March 1661 Date. Nature and Substance of the Entry. Reference. Mar. 1. Treasurer … of 3 l. 17 s. 8 d. old rent of copyholders for lives and surveyed in 17 James I at 155 l. 13 s. 4 d. This is to be … to the Attorney General for a lease to Thomas Hunt of a marl pit and a parcel of arable land adjoining in East …
Journal of the House of Lords
… in the Chair. Thomas Chapman Esquire is called in, and examined as follows: What are you? I am a Land Agent and … would not think worth Cultivation; but when we find a Marl below it, then it becomes worth Cultivation. [422] Then you carry the Marl to the Surface? Yes. In speaking of Profit, are you not …