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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… esteemed for its dairy and feeding produce; the soil is sand and clay: there are quarries of sandstone and limestone, …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… the soil between the town and the sea is clay and sand, tolerably well adapted for tillage, and the land in the … an inscribed Roman stone was discovered in one of the high sand-hills on the western bank of the new cut at Port-Talbot: … highly favourable for bathing, being composed of hard firm sand; and several respectable houses, and a commodious hotel, …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… the river, but after passing through a filtering bed of sand. The engines, of which there are two, of 30-horse power … attended. The beach on the sea-coast is a fine level sand, affording every facility for bathing, and is much … of the river within narrow limits, would remove a bank of sand accumulated there. In 1773, an act of parliament was …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… no. 6; /3880, Salop. no. 95; /4945, no. 95. Limestone quarrying and lime burning were probably established by the … leases allowed lime making for use on the premises. 45 Quarrying followed the two narrow bands of limestone. 46 In …