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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 … are eight scattered mounds, three of which lie on top of ridge-and-furrow. One is circular, only 2 m. in diam. and 0.25 m. high. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… the R. Nene, on generally rising ground between 120 ft. and 300 ft. above OD. The higher W. part of the parish is on … normal 'old enclosures' around the village. Small areas of ridge-and-furrow of the former common fields still remain, or can be …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… the R. Nene, on generally rising ground between 120 ft. and 300 ft. above OD. The higher parts are on Boulder Clay, … before that date there were four large open fields. Ridge-and-furrow of these fields exists on the ground, or can be traced …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… of Northampton Sand where the land falls into the valleys and expanses of glacial sands and gravels alongside the … group of fields in the N. of the parish suggests this. Ridge-and-furrow of these fields exists on the ground or can be traced …
Journal of the House of Lords
… in the Chair. George Harris Esquire is called in, and examined as follows: What Situation did you fill in … Year 1794 to 1801. I think I came over to England in 1801, and whilst I was in England a Company's Servant was appointed … harrow, the Ground being light. What is the Depth of the Furrow made? It is a mere Scratch of the Ground. Do they …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Affpuddle AN INVENTORY OF THE ANCIENT AND HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN SOUTH-EAST DORSET POST-ROMAN … ft. above O.D., N. of which the land rises gradually to a ridge at between 200 ft. and 300 ft. above O.D. All this area … heathland produced by the underlying Reading Beds. On the ridge are a number of natural swallow-holes, among them …
A History of the County of Oxford
… varying soils. As the county is almost fifty miles long, and contains close on 480,000 acres of land, it is not … to find that the soils vary to a very large extent, and that consequently there is no fixed rule or custom of … horses are often required. On the light soils, double-furrow ploughs, drawn by three horses abreast, are becoming …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… was the Cheese Country devoted to cheese dairy farming and grazing. To the extreme south-west lay a small part of … Still a further sheep-and-corn country extended along the ridge of Corallian hills that runs through the Vale of White … the usual method employed was the flowing, or ridge-and-furrow, one. When floated, the meadow was covered by an …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… directed, in the first place, to supply their own wants, and next, to enable themselves to purchase those necessaries … So, too, had the Vale of Wardour and the Grovely Ridge. At the other extreme, the Highworth-Cricklade-Swindon … a 10 h.p. Fowler engine, an anchorage, and a three-furrow plough. He ploughed four-horse land several inches …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Aisholt village on the eastern side of the Quantock ridge 4 km. south of Nether Stowey; the smaller was 4.5 km. … irregular in shape, measured 3.5 km. from east to west and 1 km. from nsorth to south, the smaller was roughly oval, … the land between rising at Black Knap on the Quantock ridge to 335 m. In the centre it reaches 198 m. at Aisholt …