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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a city, a county of itself, having exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a union, locally in the county of Worcester, of which it is the capital, Worcester and W. divisions of the county, 111 miles (N. W. by W.) from … of the Avon navigation. Brick-clay, gravel, sand, and marl, exist in numerous places. The most remarkable fossil …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… flat limestone tableland formed by the underlying Portland and Purbeck Beds, between 350 ft. and 450 ft. above O.D., drained by three deeply cut valleys … streams flow S. to the sea. In the W. is Hill Bottom, and in the E. are Winspit and Seacombe Bottoms, both marked …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… gives name to the hundred, is about nine miles in length and one mile in average breadth; it includes Leith Hill, and comprises 4176 acres, of which 563 are common or waste. … lands generally a stiff clay, and in the lower a heavy marl, alternated with gravel; the surface is varied, in some …
A History of the County of Somerset
… shape, measuring 2.5 km. from north to south at its widest and 3 km. from east to west. The only natural boundary is a … of the river Cam in the south-east; parts of the eastern and western boundaries are marked by roads. 74 The boundaries … forming the watershed between the streams feeding the Cale and those feeding the Cam. A tributary of the Cam cuts a …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Selkirk; containing, with the village of Ettrick-Bridge and part of Yarrowford, 1264 inhabitants. This place, which … district formed part of the royal forest of Ettrick, and in the reign of Bruce was recovered from the English by … importance, some of them containing rich beds of shell-marl, which is used as manure for the lands. Numerous springs …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… some 760 hectares, lies E. of the R. Nene, between 40 ft. and 230 ft. above OD. The greater part lies on limestone and marls, except in the extreme W. where the higher ground … the Roman period is particularly noteworthy. Prehistoric and Roman b(1) Double ring ditch (?) (TL 07229721), in the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… area (W. of the Ouse), the Central area (between the Ouse and the Foss), and the Walmgate area (E. of the Foss). In the following … about 30 ft. above sea level, was overlaid by a bed of marl of varying thickness, apparently deposited by floods and …