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Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… withdrawn. I went in the evening with Coll. Bladen to the Marl. D'Etres, who told us that he would shew us very good …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… soil on hard rock; a quick warm soil, invigorated by marl; a reddish and stiffish loam; and a black peaty earth, … and in the vicinity of Llanvair-ynghornwy. Three kinds of Marl are found in the county, adjacent to its limestone … are known to be as much as 200 years old; and the white marl, at Llanddyvnan, was discovered about the year 1652, by …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… which is brought from Cumberland, at a moderate cost; marl, also, is found in the parish, and a great abundance of …
Calendar of Treasury Books
… to the Attorney General for a lease to Thomas Hunt of a marl pit and a parcel of arable land adjoining in East …
Journal of the House of Lords
… would not think worth Cultivation; but when we find a Marl below it, then it becomes worth Cultivation. [422] Then you carry the Marl to the Surface? Yes. In speaking of Profit, are you not …
Calendar of Treasury Books
… and Titus. Hensius. Booth. Lloyd. Billing. [Earl of] Marl[borough]. Council clerks [warrants] subscr. buntur. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… has been completely drained, for the sake of obtaining the marl and peat with which it abounded, and which have been … a black mould, in some places sandy, resting on till or marl, producing, under skilful management, good average crops … covering an area of 40 acres, produces abundance of rich marl, and the other, Loch Loy, in the northern part of the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… marked by pockets of Rhaetic clay. A narrow band of Keuper marl borders Sedgemoor, and a small outcrop of the same in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the surface is generally flat, and the soil clay and marl. The Lancaster canal and the Preston and Wyre railway …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is hilly, and the soil in general a rich productive marl, chiefly laid out in pasture. The living, which before … of sheep, while that in the valleys is a strong clay and marl, and is excellent dairy-land. Limestone and good …
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