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A History of the County of Middlesex
… the Near East. From there the knowledge spread to southern and central Europe and eventually to Britain. 3 The earliest dated iron objects … 74; B.M. 1906.5.30.37 (Wandsworth foreshore, Surr., below peat). Godwin, Hist. of British Flora, 62, 262-5. B.M. …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… stages of his cultural development. So far as the evidence and available records allow, it has been shown how these … of warm summers and cold winters. Pollen-analysis of the peat overlying the Mesolithic remains from our tributary … earlier than Late Boreal, was collected from under peat in Dewe's (now Hartley's) Pit, a short distance south of …
Survey of London Monograph
… ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION The Exterior The north and south faades are 115 feet in length: the east and west 117 feet. On the south side of the roadway the … Garden." 44 The central walk was gravelled, and there was turf at the side of it. In April 1712 Nicholas Hawksmoor, the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… him as a most suitable situation for works of this nature, and his example having been followed by others, the … is situated in the north-eastern part of the parish, and not far distant from Barrhead. Arthurlee, West ARTHURLEE, … completely drained, for the sake of obtaining the marl and peat with which it abounded, and which have been successfully …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… smell, procured in central Asia from Narthex asafoetida and other allied umbelliferous plants. It was used in medicine as an antispasmodic and as a flavouring. It was included in the Materia Medica, … broom-stalks' [Patents (1665)] and even 'straw, turf, lime, dung, dirt of the street, and other waste' …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… Ancient and historical monuments in Westmorland Asby 4 ASBY (F.d.) … S.W., (d)XXII, N.E., (e)XXII, S.E.) Asby is a large parish and village 6 m. S. of Appleby. The Rectory, Grange Hall, … is a line of stones at intervals largely covered with turf which, it has been suggested, may indicate the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… of the Poldens. 1 It lies 7 km. south-west of Glastonbury and includes Ashcott village and the hamlets of Pedwell, … Heath. It is irregular in shape, with projections into the peat moors to the north and Sedgemoor to the south-west … 1 Ashcott parish 1838 The turbary on Ashcott Heath A turf cutter's cob house on Ashcott Heath c. 1910 Ashcott is a …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Silverley Churches CHURCHES. 36 In the Middle Ages Ashley and Silverley each had a parish church, and from the 13th century there was also a private chapel at … Wade); 1752-1900, iii. 533 (Isaac Jackman); v. 71 (Robert Peat); vi. 384 (James Weatherhead); B.L. Add. MS. 9412, f. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… ECONOMIC HISTORY. From the late 13th century Ashley and Silverley shared open fields and common pastures and had unified lordship. Many tenants … 5161, 5994. Kelly's Dir. Cambs. (1929-37); Dir. Brit. Turf (1961), 273; Dir. Turf (1967), 259, 298; and later …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 224 inhabitants. It is bounded by the river Medway, and intersected by the road from East Grinstead to Tonbridge-Wells; and contains 891 acres, of which 64 are in wood. The surface … hilly, and the soil rests principally on limestone and peat. The river Lowther bounds the parish on the east, and …