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A History of the County of Lancaster
… a plateau from 70 ft. to 100 ft. above the ordnance datum, and, as the surface falls sharply on the north and north-east to the level ground by the Ribble, the … Liverpool to Preston line. The soil is variousmarsh, marl and red loam. The land is chiefly used for pasture. 4 …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Townships Reedley Hallows, Filly Close and New Laund Booth REEDLEY HALLOWS, FILLY CLOSE AND NEW LAUND BOOTH Redlaihalghes, 1342; Redelegh-hallous, … Burnley; New Laund Booth, 431 acres, on the north-east, and Filly Close, 470 acres, on the north-west and the south. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Rixton with Glazebrook RIXTON WITH GLAZEBROOK Rixton, 1212 and commonly; Rickeston, 1259. Glazebrok, 1259, 1302, &c.; … a fair-sized stream, forms the boundary between this and the hundred of Salford; it flows through marshy meadows, … obtained possession, had during plaintiff's minority taken marl to the quantity of 6,000 loads; he further declared …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… through the centre of the township between Bolton Hall and Copterd Hall. The subsoil consists of the Millstone Grit, except over a small area near Dinckley Brook and around Loveley Hall, where the Yoredale rocks occur; the soil is of clay and marl. The land is entirely under grass; there is a fair …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… It is situated in open country, flat as to surface, and like most of the wind-swept districts of the northern … is surrounded by ample grounds fairly thickly wooded, and by comparison the rest of the country looks bare and … on. The geological formation consists of the keuper red marl of the upper red sandstone, except to the south-east of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… by the River Douglas, on the east by the Mill Brook and on the west by another brook, which has two small tributaries, the Calico Brook and another, crossing the township westwards. The surface … Canal passes through Crook. The soil is clay, with marl subsoil; wheat and oats are grown, and there is some …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Great Singleton with 1,575 acres; it contains the village and chapel near the centre, with Enam or Avenham to the south-west and Brackinscal to the south-east. Little Singleton occupies … is a sheep fair on 21 September. The soil is clayey, with marl subsoil; oats, potatoes and turnips are grown. Sixty …
A History of the County of Stafford
… of 240 a., also in St. Michael's. 1 Both Streethay and Fulfen were civil parishes from the later 19th century. 2 … changes in 1879 transferred a detached portion of Farewell and Chorley parish north and east of Curborough House to … is Keuper Sandstone, and there is an area of Keuper Marl north and north-east of Streethay hamlet. South-east of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… of other Lancashire townships where the country is flat and open, containing manufacturing towns and coal mines. The smoke and fumes arising from factories … brook was at the west end of it. There had formerly been a marl pit on the Bold share. Richard Dyke had dwelt with John …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… from its position on the south side of the Lune estuary and cut off from Ashton by the Conder on the north-east, … of the single-line railway from Lancaster, opened in 1887, and also that of a canal branching at Galgate from the … is loam with clay subsoil, but on the north clayey with marl subsoil. There is a graving dock at Glasson and ships …