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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… a generally rectangular area with projections in the N.W. and S.E. corners, lying to the E. of the R. Nene. The W. … two separate settlements each with its own church, and apparently with its own common field system. The most … 24) lie S.E. of Barnwell Mill Farm on limestone, sand and marl at 100 ft. above OD. Air photographs show a rectangular …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… 34 N.E., dTL 44 N.W.) Barrington Barrington is a village and parish 4 m. S.W. of Cambridge. The parish, which at 2282 … which is formed by an ancient ridgeway, being the shortest and the S. side along the river Rhee being the longest. From … pear-shaped, lies E. and W. on flat ground on chalk marl. It is 106 ft. long, 5 ft. high with a flat top 24 ft. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… BARTHERTON, a township, in the parish of Wybunbury, union and hundred of Nantwich, S. division of the county of … soil light and sandy; there are several excellent beds of marl. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at … for the most part is a reddish clay, with occasionally marl, sand, peat, and limestone. There are indications of …
A History of the County of Somerset
… in Puriton on the west to Stawell village on the east, and for 2.5 km. from the Polden ridgeway which forms its … watercourse. 2 The parish includes the village of Bawdrip and subsidiary settlements or former settlements at Knowle … elevations on the flat alluvial moors, are on 'islands' of marl, and Bradney is also partly on an area of Burtle Beds …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… union of Alnwick, N. division of Coquetdale ward and of Northumberland, 9 miles (W. N. W.) from Alnwick; … It comprises about 2000 acres, of which 1000 are pasture and moorland, and 1000 arable; the soil, generally, is a … is tolerably good, and consists principally of clay and marl. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the tithes of Beesby have been commuted for 221. 17. 7., and there are nearly 44 acres of glebe. Beesby-in-the Marsh … a. 2 r. 20 p., of which 627 acres are arable, 518 meadow and pasture, and 26 woodland and plantations: the surface is … general light, and the substrata are chiefly gravel, sand, marl, and clay. The inhabitants are principally employed by …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Badgeworth, Upper division of the hundred of Dudstone and King's Barton, E. division of the county of Gloucester, 4 … of Settle, W. division of the wapentake of Staincliffe and Ewcross, W. riding of York; containing 3535 inhabitants, … rest pasture. The soil is partly light and partly a strong marl, and of full average fertility: the surface is elevated, …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Bentley liberty and parish Bentley liberty and parish Bintungom (vii cent.); Beonaet, Beonetlet (x … and plantations. 1a The soil is clay, gravel, and chalk marl, and the chief crops are corn and hops. The common …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… BERWICK-UPON-TWEED, a port, borough, market-town, parish, and county of itself, 55 miles (E. by S.) from Edinburgh, and … the parishes of Mordington and Cockburnspath; limestone, marl, and gypsum have been quarried, but to no great extent, … successive beds of fine sand, coarse gravel, and shell marl. The soil of the high grounds, on the east side of the …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… founded a Monastery in his Park of Greyseley, for a Prior and twelve Monks, of the Order of the Carthusians, to which he gave ten pounds, per annum, of Land and Rent, in the Towns of Gryseley and Selleston, together with the Park of Gryseley, and the …