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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… S. of Blandford Forum, on the S.W. bank of the R. Stour, and extends over some 2,500 acres, almost entirely on Chalk. … part of Langton Long Blandford until 1933; Littleton House and farm are all that remain of Littleton village, but many … patch represents the fill of a depression, probably a 'marl-pit' of relatively recent date. Within the enclosure are …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… covers an irregular area of 600 hectares, between 230 ft. and 150 ft. above OD. The flatter S.E. part is largely … Willow Brook has cut deeply into the underlying limestones and marls. Fig. 30 Blatherwycke and Bulwick Medieval settlements The village lies on both …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… Bottisham THE INVENTORY OF THE ANCIENT AND HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN NORTH-EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE … lies on ground sloping gently N.W., between 150 ft. and 20 ft. above O.D., almost entirely on chalk. Streams from … (TL 53506172), 230 yds. S.W. of Northfield Farm, on chalk marl, at c. 25 ft. above O.D. Diam. 25 ft., ploughed out. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 18. 12. 3., and in the patronage of George Thornhill, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for 490, and the glebe comprises 126 acres. The church contains a … and dairy-farms; the surface is undulated, and the soil marl. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… extensive hundred took its name, 1 lies within the manor and parish of Ercall Magna where the road from High Ercall to … by an amalgamation of the Domesday hundreds of Hodnet and Wrockwardine, respectively the north and north-western and the south and south-eastern parts of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… This parish, distinguished by the divisions of Broad Oak and Brede High, is bounded on the south by the Brede channel, … and 21 acres hops: the soil is in many parts a good marl, and the substratum chalk; the surface is undulated, and … pasture; the surface is undulated, the soil a good rich marl, and the scenery picturesque. The Birmingham and …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Bridgwater BRIDGWATER Bridgwater and adjoining parishes c.1840 The borough and port of … between Hamp and the town, both of which lie on ridges of marl, the highest point of which was occupied by Bridgwater castle. Bridgwater's marl has two small areas of terrace deposits 68 of valley …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… BRIGHTSIDE-BIERLOW, a township, in the parish and union of Sheffield, N. division of the wapentake of Strafforth and Tickhill, W. riding of York, 3 miles (N. E.) from … It comprises about 1000 acres, of which the soil is a red marl, and the surface hilly. The living is a discharged …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… parish covers some 2460 hectares of land between 380 ft. and 140 ft. above OD lying across the valley of Harper's … towards the R. Nene. Apart from small areas of limestones and marls exposed in narrow bands along the valley and its tributaries, the whole parish is on the Boulder or …
A History of the County of Sussex
… formerly separate settlements of Broadwater, Offington, and Worthing. After the late 18th century it was increasingly dominated, and finally engulfed, by the growth of Worthing. The area of … the late 19th and early 20th centuries gravel, flint, and marl were also dug in the parish. 95 Besides the usual …