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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Knowle BROCKHAMPTON, with Knowle, a tything, in the parish and hundred of Buckland-Newton, union of Cerne, Cerne … Brockhampton BROCKHAMPTON, a chapelry, in the parish and union of Bromyard, hundred of Broxash, county of … surface is level, the soil partly sandy loam and partly marl and clay, and the scenery rich and varied: there are …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… probably means 'woodland clearing of the fort guardian', and much of Broseley remained wooded in the Middle Ages. 12 … coal seams are overlain by the Carboniferous sandstones, marl, and mudstones of the Hadley and Coalport formations. … field. 84 Lands were c. 150 m. long. 85 Locally dug marl was added to the soil c. 1270. 86 In the Middle Ages, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… income, 116; patron, James Praed, Esq., lord of the manor, and proprietor of the parish: the glebe comprises 14 acres. … of which the abbot of Ramsey Abbey sat in parliament; and had, in consequence, four knights' fees annexed to it. … part is chalky, and of the remainder a kind of reddish marl resting on chalk. The higher grounds command rich and …
Broughton Poggs Parish
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… a thin sliver of land between Broadwell, Langford, and the county boundary, stretching for three miles (5 km) … a largely open wooded area. From the 18th century (and possibly earlier) the village effectively merged with neighbouring Filkins, and the two parishes were formally united in 1954. In the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… on Boulder Clay, but along the sides of the main valley and its tributaries extensive areas of limestone and marls outcrop. There is evidence for extensive … remains of former house sites in Bulwick Park (3) and (4) has led to the identification of the two medieval …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Burntwood Manors, local government and public services MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. There was a … made at the Longdon manor court in 1713. 297 A band of red marl south of Boney Hay in the area of the present Slade … to have been made at some time before 1918 from a band of marl south of Queen Street in Chasetown. 304 Walter …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Burslem Local government, economic history and social life Local Government and Public Services Burslem, … pot oven, and a smokehouse, with the right to dig clay and marl on the site. 239 However, Thomas Wedgwood, the … and Sneyd Street, and the Brookfields Saggar Brick and Marl Works to the south-west, all dating from at least the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Burton-upon-Trent - Bushey Burton-Upon-Trent (St. Mary and St. Modwena) BURTON-UPON-TRENT ( St. Mary and St. Modwena), a parish, and the head of a union, partly … a perfect level, and the soil for the most part a heavy marl, but in the south lighter and more valuable. The chief …
A History of the County of Stafford
… of Burton, Burton Extra, Branston, Horninglow, Stretton, and Winshill. A borough was established in Burton township in the Middle Ages, and Burton Extra is so called because it was that part of the … brewers to produce their distinctive product. Beneath the marl is mudstone, and further down Bunter Pebble Beds. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… 56 N.E., cTL 56 S.E., dTL 66 N.W., eTL 66 S.W.) (Figs. 24 and 25) The parish, roughly L-shaped, covers nearly 7000 … N.W. of Newmarket. The S.E. part is entirely on the chalk and slopes N.W. from 160 ft. above O.D. on Newmarket Heath to … (centred TL 570675), lies in Hallard's Fen on chalk marl and gault clay at 510 ft. above O.D. Large numbers of …