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A History of the County of Shropshire
… Brown Clee. Much of its boundary, especially on the south and west, followed streams, but on the east it followed the … no. 6; /3880, Salop. no. 95; /4945, no. 95. Limestone quarrying and lime burning were probably established by the … apparently nearby. 48 The kilns were associated with three quarries along the lower margin of Abdon common. 49 By 1807 …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… on the south-west by the extraparochial Forest of Dean and included part of the market town of Mitcheldean. 2 Almost … in shape, the parish covered only 770 a. 3 (311.6 ha.) and was divided from Mitcheldean parish to the north-west … located at the northern end of the parish, including quarrying, were integral to the town's economy and are …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… county of Aberdeen; comprising the village of Pennan, and containing 1645 inhabitants, of whom 376 are in the … been found the fossil remains of fish. There are several quarries of granite and sandstone, and two of millstone, one … with the exception of a few engaged in weaving and in quarrying, follow agricultural pursuits, and the farmers pay …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… Abergele (Aber-Gelau) ABERGEsLE (ABER-GELAU), a markettown and parish, in the union of St. Asaph, hundred of Isdulas, … weekly for Liverpool: 200 men are constantly employed in quarrying, and fifty horses in conveying the produce to the … with roofing-slate of excellent quality, of which two quarries are at present open, affording employment to about …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Abingdon - Ackton Abingdon ABINGDON, a borough and market-town having exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a union, locally in the hundred of Hormer, … 6 miles (S.) from Oxford, 26 (N. W. by N.) from Reading, and 56 (W. N. W.) from London; containing, exclusively of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… comprises 2537 a. 3 r. 27 p. of profitable land, and 36 acres of roads and waste; the soil is fertile; the … quality is abundant, and there are some extensive quarries of it at Moor Top, in the parish. The village, which … sides except the east by the county of Hereford. There are quarries of stone for building. The living is a discharged …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the south-facing slopes below Ragleth Hill across Ape Dale and rising up again to the crest of Wenlock Edge, which makes … of the parish. The parish has always been entirely rural and, despite the proximity of the county's main north-south … route through the Stretton gap, fairly isolated and lightly populated. None of its three settlements, Acton …
Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Dean & Chapter of Wells
… Acts and accounts 168499 16841685. 1684, Oct. 1.Mr. Henry Dutton, canon residentiary, appointed official of the dean and chapter within their peculiar jurisdictions. fo. 42. … late canon residentiary, spent this year in marble quarries for [the pavement of] the high altar of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… union of Bingham, S. division of the wapentake of Bingham and of the county of Nottingham, 3 miles (E. S. E.) from … containing, with the township of West Adderbury, and the hamlets of Barford St. John, Bodicot, and Milton, … be traced here in many parts of its course: there are some quarries of red freestone. The living is a vicarage, valued …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… contain brief summaries of new archaeological sites and finds which have been recorded from those parts of the … have been excavated after their discovery during ironstone-quarrying ( Northants. Archaeol., 14 (1979), 325). *c(7) … to NM. They were probably found in about 1908 in ironstone-quarries W. of the town ( Northants. Archaeol., 13 (1978), …