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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… upon a deep subsoil of sandy gravel; a deep layer of peat is found on the hills wherever the surface is level to …
A History of the County of Somerset
… ha. of 'mixed fen', botanically the richest site on the peat moors and of importance to ornithologists and … may represent hill wash or a former watercourse. Beyond is peat marsh at 3 m., into which the sand and gravel of the … in the village. 4 This article was completed in 1998. Peat in Central Som. (Som. C.C. 1967), 14-15; A. J. Willis, …
Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House
… effect this at her Majesty's hand, a licence to work with peat and sea coal all ierne, and so to prohibit all others, …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… of sheepwalks belonging to the adjoining landowners: peat for fuel is obtained within its limits. Fairs are held … in each place for supplying the poorer inhabitants with peat for fuel, and if there should be no peat in the parish, the allotment to be let, and the rent …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles I
… of the kingdom, and especially of London, with fuel of peat, never used in these parts before, as also for its …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles I
… in the bill granting a privilege for the use of turf and peat for making iron, which are necessary for the …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles I
… Ball, Edward Lastelle, and others; licence to prepare peat by reducing it to a coal, that it shall serve for …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles I
… their new way of making iron with sea coal, pit coal, or peat, at the rate of 12 l. per ton, and for such iron as they …